As Amended
SEC. 23-15-14. Municipal residents registered to vote only in county elections to be registered to vote in municipal elections.
(1) All persons who reside in a municipality shall be registered as provided in this section as qualified electors of such municipality if on the effective date of this section they:
(a) Are properly registered qualified electors of the county in which they reside;
(b) Reside in a municipality in the county in which they are qualified electors;
(c) Are not registered to vote in such municipality; and
(d) Have resided in such municipality for at least thirty (30) days.
(2) Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this section, the registrar of every county shall deliver to the municipal clerk of each municipality situated, in whole or in part, within such county a copy of the most recent county precinct or subprecinct pollbook for the county precinct or precincts in which such municipality is included or such equivalent computer data or information as will permit the identification of those municipal residents who are required to be registered pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The municipal clerk shall review the county precinct or subprecinct pollbooks or other information provided by the county registrar and compare such information with the municipal registration book. He shall attempt to identify those municipal residents who are required to be registered pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. The county registrar shall cooperate with the municipal clerk and provide assistance in this process. Any municipal residents so identified shall be added by the municipal clerk to the municipal registration book. The municipal clerk shall insert the name and address of such municipal resident upon an application form and shall endorse the application with the notation that the individual is registered as a municipal elector pursuant to this section. The review and identification process and the final addition of municipal electors pursuant thereto shall be completed by the municipal clerk not later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this section.
(4) The names, addresses and municipal ward or precinct of those municipal electors added pursuant to this section shall be posted by the municipal clerk at the city hall for thirty (30) days and shall be published by the municipal clerk by notice in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks subsequent to the final date for the addition of municipal electors pursuant to this section.
(5) A municipal resident who is required to be added to the municipal registration books pursuant to this section and who, for any reason, is not added, may utilize the affidavit ballot procedure contained in Section 23-15-573, Mississippi Code of 1972, at any municipal election and his ballot shall be counted in such municipal election and he shall be deemed duly registered in the municipality.
SOURCES: Laws, 1988, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff from and after November 29, 1988 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the codification of this section).