Mississippi Code § 97-13-21

Disturbing election
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If any person shall unlawfully disturb any election at a polling place, the office of the circuit clerk, or where ballots are located, such person shall be liable to indictment, and, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 72; 1871, § 2536; 1880, § 2771; 1892, § 1043; 1906, § 1121; Hemingway's 1917, § 847; 1930, § 872; 1942, § 2098. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 8, eff. 1/1/2017.
If any person shall unlawfully disturb any election at a polling place, the office of the circuit clerk, or where ballots are located, such person shall be liable to indictment, and, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 72; 1871, § 2536; 1880, § 2771; 1892, § 1043; 1906, § 1121; Hemingway's 1917, § 847; 1930, § 872; 1942, § 2098. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 8, eff. 1/1/2017.
If any person shall unlawfully disturb any election at a polling place, the office of the circuit clerk, or where ballots are located, such person shall be liable to indictment, and, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 72; 1871, § 2536; 1880, § 2771; 1892, § 1043; 1906, § 1121; Hemingway's 1917, § 847; 1930, § 872; 1942, § 2098. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 8, eff. 1/1/2017.
If any person shall unlawfully disturb any election at a polling place, the office of the circuit clerk, or where ballots are located, such person shall be liable to indictment, and, on conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 72; 1871, § 2536; 1880, § 2771; 1892, § 1043; 1906, § 1121; Hemingway's 1917, § 847; 1930, § 872; 1942, § 2098.

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