2015 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
Article 35 - POLITICAL PARTIES
§ 23-15-1061 - Affidavit to accompany applications for registration; registration on behalf of district and county executive committees; proof of compliance with laws

The application for registration of the political party and any officially sanctioned organizations named to be presented to the Secretary of State shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the chairman or secretary of the political party seeking such registration listing the names of the members of the state executive committee, showing the chairman and secretary, together with the names of the national committeeman and committeewoman, and all the officers of said party, and setting forth that said executive committee and other officers of such party have been elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 23-15-1053, or any laws supplementary or amendatory thereof, and the Secretary of State is authorized to require further proof as to the compliance with the provisions of said Section 23-15-1053 when in his opinion such party has not complied with same.

The chairman or secretary of the district and county executive committees of each political party, chosen as hereinabove provided in Section 23-15-1053, shall register the name of the political party it represents with the chairman or secretary of the state executive committee of such political party within thirty (30) days after January 1, 1987, and the application for registration shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the chairman or secretary of the party seeking such registration listing the names of the members of the district executive committee and of the state executive committee, as the case may be, showing the chairman and secretary and other officers of said party, and setting forth that said executive committee of such party has been elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 23-15-1053, or any laws supplementary or amendatory thereof, and the chairman or the secretary of the state executive committee is authorized to require further proof as to the compliance with the provisions of said Section 23-15-1053 when in his opinion such party has not complied with same. Thereafter, no political party shall use or register any name which is the same as or deceptively similar to the name of a political party or officially sanctioned organization which has already been registered with the chairman or secretary of the state executive committee by any other political party. No political party or officially sanctioned organization shall use any name in any campaign literature listing or describing its candidates which does not correspond with the name of said political party or officially sanctioned organization registered with the secretary or chairman of the state executive committee.