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§ 23-15-37. Registration times and places

MS ST § 23-15-37West’s Annotated Mississippi CodeTitle 23. Elections (Approx. 2 pages)

§ 23-15-37. Registration times and places

MS ST § 23-15-37West’s Annotated Mississippi CodeTitle 23. Elections (Approx. 2 pages)

West's Annotated Mississippi Code
Title 23. Elections
Chapter 15. Mississippi Election Code (Refs & Annos)
Article 3. Voter Registration
Subarticle B. Procedures for Registration
Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-37
§ 23-15-37. Registration times and places
(1) The registrar shall register the electors of his or her county at any time during regular office hours.
(2) The county registrar may keep his or her office open to register voters from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., including the noon hour, for the five (5) business days immediately preceding the thirtieth day before any regularly scheduled primary or general election. The county registrar shall also keep his or her office open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on the Saturday immediately preceding the thirtieth day before any regularly scheduled primary or general election, unless that Saturday falls on a legal holiday, in which case registration applications submitted on the Monday immediately following the legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling such voters to vote in the next primary or general election.
(3) The registrar, or any deputy registrar duly appointed by law, may visit and spend such time as he or she may deem necessary at any location in his or her county, selected by the registrar not less than thirty (30) days before an election, for the purpose of registering voters.
(4) A person who is physically disabled and unable to visit the office of the registrar to register to vote due to such disability may contact the registrar and request that the registrar or the registrar's deputy visit him or her for the purpose of registering such person to vote. The registrar or the registrar's deputy shall visit that person as soon as possible after such request and provide the person with an application for registration, if necessary. The completed application for registration shall be executed in the presence of the registrar or the registrar's deputy.
(5)(a) In the fall and spring of each year the registrar of each county shall furnish all public schools with mail-in voter registration applications. The applications shall be provided in a reasonable time to enable those students who will be eighteen (18) years of age before a general election to be able to vote in the primary and general elections.
(b) Each public school district shall permit access to all public schools of this state for the county registrar or the county registrar's deputy to register persons who are eligible to vote and to provide voter education.

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Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-37, MS ST § 23-15-37
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