§ Miss. Code § 23-15-247Ballot boxes

The commissioners of election in each county shall procure, if not already provided, a
sufficient number of ballot boxes, which shall be distributed by them to the voting precincts of
the county before the time for opening the polls. The boxes shall be secured by good and
substantial locks, and, if an adjournment shall take place after the opening of the polls and before
all the votes shall be counted, the box shall be securely locked, so as to prevent the admission of
anything into it, or the taking of anything from it, during the time of adjournment; and the box
shall be kept by one of the managers and the key by another of the managers, and the manager
having the box shall carefully keep it, and neither unlock or open it himself nor permit it to be
done, nor permit any person to have any access to it during the time of adjournment. The box
shall not be removed from the polling building or place after the polls are opened until the count
is complete, if as many as three (3) qualified electors object. After each election the ballot boxes
shall be delivered, with the keys thereof, to the clerk of the circuit court of the county for
preservation; and he shall keep them for future use, and, when called for, deliver them to the
commissioners of election.