Mississippi Code § 97-13-7

Ballot boxes; unauthorized disposal of box; giving key
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Any manager of an election who, before the votes are counted, shall dispose of or deposit the ballot box in a manner not authorized by law, or shall, at any time after the election has begun and before the ballots are counted, give access to the ballot box with which he is entrusted to any other, 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(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 76; 1871, § 2540; 1880, § 2775; 1892, § 1047; 1906, § 1125; Hemingway's 1917, § 851; 1930, § 876; 1942, § 2102. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 4, eff. 1/1/2017.
Any manager of an election who, before the votes are counted, shall dispose of or deposit the ballot box in a manner not authorized by law, or shall, at any time after the election has begun and before the ballots are counted, give access to the ballot box with which he is entrusted to any other, 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(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 76; 1871, § 2540; 1880, § 2775; 1892, § 1047; 1906, § 1125; Hemingway's 1917, § 851; 1930, § 876; 1942, § 2102. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 4, eff. 1/1/2017.
Any manager of an election who, before the votes are counted, shall dispose of or deposit the ballot box in a manner not authorized by law, or shall, at any time after the election has begun and before the ballots are counted, give access to the ballot box with which he is entrusted to any other, 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(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 76; 1871, § 2540; 1880, § 2775; 1892, § 1047; 1906, § 1125; Hemingway's 1917, § 851; 1930, § 876; 1942, § 2102. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 4, eff. 1/1/2017.
Any manager of an election who, before the votes are counted, shall dispose of or deposit the ballot box in a manner not authorized by law, or shall, at any time after the election has begun and before the ballots are counted, give access to the ballot box with which he is entrusted to any other, 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(7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 76; 1871, § 2540; 1880, § 2775; 1892, § 1047; 1906, § 1125; Hemingway's 1917, § 851; 1930, § 876; 1942, § 2102.

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