MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 23-15-413. Official ballots to be provided for each polling place; return of ballots.

Two (2) sets of official ballots shall be provided for each polling place for each voting precinct for use in and upon the voting machine, one (1) set thereof shall be inserted or placed in or upon the voting machine and the other shall be retained in the custody and possession of the circuit clerk in county and countywide elections and the clerk of the municipality in municipal elections, unless it shall become necessary during the course of the election to make use of the same upon or in the voting machine. At the close of the election, all official ballots (except those actually in or upon the voting machine at the close of the election), whether the same shall have been used in the machine or not, shall be returned to the official providing the same in the manner herein provided.

SOURCES: Derived from 1972 Code Sec. 23-7-13 [Codes, 1942, Sec. 3316-06; Laws, 1954, ch. 360, Sec. 6; Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 338]; En, Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 124, eff from and after January 1, 1987.


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