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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - Elections
Chapter 15 - Mississippi Election Code
Article 27 - Regulation of Elections.
§ 23-15-889. Prohibitions against buying or selling vote or offering to do so; penalties.
Universal Citation: MS Code § 23-15-889 (2018)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell his or her vote and it shall be likewise unlawful for any person to offer money or anything of substantial value to anyone for his vote. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both.
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