2015 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
Article 7 - ELECTION OFFICIALS
§ 23-15-235 - Appointment of additional managers and clerks
In addition to the managers appointed pursuant to Section 23-15-231, for the first five hundred (500) registered voters in each voting precinct, the commissioners of election may, in their discretion, appoint not more than three (3) persons to serve as managers or clerks of the election. The commissioners of election may, in their discretion, appoint three (3) additional persons to serve as clerks for each one thousand (1,000) registered voters or fraction thereof in each voting precinct above the first five hundred (500). Any person appointed as clerk shall be a qualified elector of the county in which the voting precinct is located.
The restrictions provided for in this section regarding the number of additional managers and clerks that may be appointed by commissioners of election shall not apply to elections conducted by paper ballot prior to January 1, 1989. In elections conducted by paper ballot prior to January 1, 1989, the commissioners of election may appoint as many additional managers and clerks as they may consider necessary to conduct the elections.
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