§ Miss. Code § 23-15-217(untitled)

County election commissioner authorized to be candidate for other office;
resignation from office; duties and powers of board of supervisors where election of county
election commissioner is contested.
(1) A commissioner of election of any county may be a candidate for any other office at any
election held or to be held during the four-year term for which he has been elected to the office
of commissioner of election or with reference to which he has acted as such; provided that he has
resigned from the office of election commissioner before January 1 of the year in which he
desires to seek the office. However, a commissioner of election of any county may be a
candidate in a special election to fill a vacancy in any other office, provided he resigns as
election commissioner within ten (10) days after the issuance of the notice of a special election
by the appropriate authorities.
(2) In any case involving the election of a county election commissioner wherein there is a
contest of any nature, including, but not limited to, the right of any person to vote or the counting
of any challenge ballot, all the duties and powers of the commission in connection with said
contest shall be performed by the board of supervisors, as is contemplated by Section 23-15215 in cases where there are no commissioners of election in the county.