Mississippi § 23-15-647 - Disposition of absentee ballots received after applicable deadlines.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 23-15-647 — Disposition of absentee ballots received after applicable deadlines., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-15-647. Disposition of absentee ballots received after applicable deadlines.
The registrar shall keep safely and unopened all official absentee ballots which are received subsequent to the applicable cutoff period establishing its validity. Upon receipt of such ballot, the registrar shall write the day and hour of the receipt of the ballot on its envelope. All such absentee ballots returned to the registrar after the cutoff time shall be safely kept unopened by the registrar for the period of time required for the preservation of ballots used in the election, and shall then, without being opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of the election.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 23-15-647 ("Disposition of absentee ballots received after applicable deadlines.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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