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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
No person shall sign any such petition or petitions provided for in Section 37-65-119 who is not a qualified elector. All petitions shall be signed in person. Opposite or under his name, every signer shall, in a manner readily identifiable with his name, give the following information: his post office and street address, if any; the name in or by which he is registered upon the county registration books; his occupation; where employed, if employed; the voting precinct where he last voted if he has voted within the last three years; if the school district includes part of two judicial districts and has two offices of the circuit clerk and registrar, he shall specify the municipality in which is located the circuit clerk's office where he is registered; and whether he is parent, natural or adoptive, or guardian, as the case may be, of a child or children enrolled in a school of the district and if so, the name of the child or children and the school in which said child or children may be enrolled. Any name signed to such a petition which does not give all information required above shall not constitute a valid signature to any such petition and shall be disregarded in computing the number of qualified electors who may have signed any such petition.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 37. Education § 37-65-125 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-37-education/ms-code-sect-37-65-125/
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