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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The form of the elector's certificate, attesting witness certification and certificate of the person providing voter assistance on the back of the envelope used by absentee voters who receive their ballot by mail and who are not absent voters as defined in Section 23-15-673, shall be as follows:
“ELECTOR'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF _____
COUNTY OF _____
I, _____, under penalty of perjury do solemnly swear that this envelope contains the ballot marked by me indicating my choice of the candidates or propositions to be submitted at the election to be held on the ___ day of _____, 2___, and I hereby authorize the registrar to place this envelope in the ballot box on my behalf, and I further authorize the resolution board to open this envelope and place my ballot among the other ballots cast before such ballots are counted, and record my name on the poll list as if I were present in person and voted.
I further swear that I marked the enclosed ballot in secret.
Section 23-15-753Section 97-13-37
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTING WITNESS
Under penalty of perjury I affirm that the above named voter personally appeared before me, on this the ___ day of _____, 2___, and is known by me to be the person named, and who, after being duly sworn or having affirmed, subscribed the foregoing oath or affirmation. That the voter exhibited to me his or her blank ballot; that the ballot was not marked or voted before the voter exhibited the ballot to me; that the voter was not solicited or advised by me to vote for any candidate, question or issue, and that the voter, after marking his or her ballot, placed it in the envelope, closed and sealed the envelope in my presence, and signed and swore or affirmed the above certificate.
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CERTIFICATE OF PERSON PROVIDING VOTER ASSISTANCE
(To be completed only if the voter has received assistance in marking the enclosed ballot.) I, under penalty of perjury, hereby certify that the above-named voter declared to me that he or she is blind, temporarily or permanently physically disabled, or cannot read or write, and that the voter requested that I assist the voter in marking the enclosed absentee ballot. I hereby certify that the ballot preferences on the enclosed ballot are those communicated by the voter to me, and that I have marked the enclosed ballot in accordance with the voter's instructions.
Section 23-15-753Section 97-13-37
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Signature of person providing assistance |
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Printed name of person providing assistance |
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Address of person providing assistance |
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Family relationship to voter (if any)” |
(2) The envelope shall have printed on the flap on the back of the envelope in bold print and in a distinguishing color, the following: “YOUR VOTE WILL BE REJECTED AND NOT COUNTED IF THIS ENVELOPE IS NOT SIGNED BY YOU AND AN ATTESTING WITNESS IN THE BOXES ACROSS THE FLAP OF THIS ENVELOPE.”
A portion of the elector's signature extending outside of the box shall not be grounds for rejecting that elector's ballot.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 23. Elections § 23-15-635 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-23-elections/ms-code-sect-23-15-635/
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