2015 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
Article 15 - VOTING SYSTEMS
B. VOTING MACHINES
§ 23-15-441 - Closing polls; reading and announcing vote; statements of canvass

Immediately upon the close of the polls, the managers shall lock and seal the voting machine against further voting and open the counter compartment in the presence of the persons who may be lawfully present at that time, giving full view of the counters. The manager shall then, in the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on the machine, read and announce in distinct tones the result as shown by the counters and shall then read the votes recorded for each office on the irregular ballots; he shall also, in the same manner, read and announce the vote on each constitutional amendment, proposition or other question. As each vote is read and announced, it shall be recorded on two (2) statements of canvass by the two (2) clerks, and, when completed, shall be compared with the numbers on the counters of the machine. If found to be correct, the statements of canvass, after being duly certified and sworn to, shall be filed as now provided by law for filing election returns. After the reading and announcing of the vote, and before the doors of the counter compartment of the voting machine shall be closed, ample opportunity shall be given to any person or persons lawfully present to compare the results so announced with the counters of the machine and any necessary corrections shall then and there be made by the managers or clerks. There shall be furnished two (2) copies of a statement of canvass to conform to the requirements of the voting machine or machines being used.