MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Apportionment and Elections

By: Representatives Beckett, Anthony

House Bill 1523

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-235, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION ON THE ADDITIONAL POLL MANAGERS THAT THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS MAY APPOINT FOR EACH 1,000 REGISTERED VOTERS IN EACH VOTING PRECINCT ABOVE THE FIRST 500; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 23-15-235, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     23-15-235.  In addition to the poll managers appointed pursuant to Section 23-15-231, for the first five hundred (500) registered voters in each voting precinct, the election commissioners may, in their discretion, appoint not more than three (3) persons to serve as poll managers of the election.  The election commissioners may, in their discretion, appoint * * *three (3) additional persons to serve as poll managers for each one thousand (1,000) registered voters or fraction thereof in each voting precinct above the first five hundred (500), * * *not to exceed six (6) additional poll managers under this section as determined necessary by the election commissioners and approved by the board of supervisors.  Any person appointed as poll manager shall be a qualified elector of the county in which the voting precinct is located.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.

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