Mississippi § 97-13-19 - Corrupt conduct, etc., by election official.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-13-19 — Corrupt conduct, etc., by election official., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-13-19. Corrupt conduct, etc., by election official.
If any manager, clerk, or any other officer whatever, assisting or engaged in conducting any election, or charged with any duty in reference to any election, shall designedly omit to do any official act required by law, or designedly do any illegal act in relation to any election, by which act or omission the votes taken at any such election in any district shall be lost, or the electors thereof shall be deprived of their suffrage at such election, or shall designedly do any act which shall render such election void, or shall be guilty of any corrupt conduct or partiality in his official capacity at such election, 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.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 97-13-19 ("Corrupt conduct, etc., by election official.") 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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