Mississippi Code § 97-13-33

Voting; dishonest decisions by managers concerning qualifications of voters
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When one who offers to vote at an election shall be objected to by any challenger as a person unqualified to vote, if the manager of such election shall permit him to vote without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall refuse the vote of such person without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall knowingly permit an unqualified person to vote, or shall knowingly refuse the vote of a qualified person, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(8); 1857, ch. 64, art. 77; 1871, § 2541; 1880, § 2776; 1892, § 1048; 1906, § 1126; Hemingway's 1917, § 852; 1930, § 877; 1942, § 2103. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 14, eff. 1/1/2017.
When one who offers to vote at an election shall be objected to by any challenger as a person unqualified to vote, if the manager of such election shall permit him to vote without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall refuse the vote of such person without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall knowingly permit an unqualified person to vote, or shall knowingly refuse the vote of a qualified person, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(8); 1857, ch. 64, art. 77; 1871, § 2541; 1880, § 2776; 1892, § 1048; 1906, § 1126; Hemingway's 1917, § 852; 1930, § 877; 1942, § 2103. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 14, eff. 1/1/2017.
When one who offers to vote at an election shall be objected to by any challenger as a person unqualified to vote, if the manager of such election shall permit him to vote without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall refuse the vote of such person without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall knowingly permit an unqualified person to vote, or shall knowingly refuse the vote of a qualified person, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(8); 1857, ch. 64, art. 77; 1871, § 2541; 1880, § 2776; 1892, § 1048; 1906, § 1126; Hemingway's 1917, § 852; 1930, § 877; 1942, § 2103. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 14, eff. 1/1/2017.
When one who offers to vote at an election shall be objected to by any challenger as a person unqualified to vote, if the manager of such election shall permit him to vote without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall refuse the vote of such person without honestly considering his qualifications, or if any manager shall knowingly permit an unqualified person to vote, or shall knowingly refuse the vote of a qualified person, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6(8); 1857, ch. 64, art. 77; 1871, § 2541; 1880, § 2776; 1892, § 1048; 1906, § 1126; Hemingway's 1917, § 852; 1930, § 877; 1942, § 2103.

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