§ Miss. Code § 23-15-235Appointment of additional managers and clerks

In addition to the managers appointed pursuant to Section 23-15-231, for the first five
hundred (500) registered voters in each voting precinct, the commissioners of election may, in
their discretion, appoint not more than three (3) persons to serve as managers or clerks of the
election. The commissioners of election may, in their discretion, appoint three (3) additional
persons to serve as clerks for each one thousand (1,000) registered voters or fraction thereof in
each voting precinct above the first five hundred (500). Any person appointed as clerk shall be a
qualified elector of the county in which the voting precinct is located.
The restrictions provided for in this section regarding the number of additional managers and
clerks that may be appointed by commissioners of election shall not apply to elections conducted
by paper ballot prior to January 1, 1989. In elections conducted by paper ballot prior to January
1, 1989, the commissioners of election may appoint as many additional managers and clerks as
they may consider necessary to conduct the elections.