2015 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
Article 27 - REGULATION OF ELECTIONS
§ 23-15-893 - Prohibitions with respect to intoxicating liquors and persons in an intoxicated condition; penalties
If any person shall be found intoxicated in or about any polling place during any election he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($ 10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($ 100.00), or sentenced to imprisonment not more than ten (10) days. It shall be the duty of every conservator of the peace to arrest any person guilty of this or any other offense against the election laws, and to make affidavit or have the same made and sent to the proper justice court judge; and if any candidate for office who is to be voted for at such election, shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall, in addition to the above penalty, be disqualified from holding the office for which he is a candidate.
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