§ Miss. Code § 23-15-591Proclamation of results; sealing of ballot box

When the votes have been completely and correctly counted and tallied by the managers they
shall publicly proclaim the result of the election at their box and shall certify in duplicate a
statement of the said result, said certificate to be signed by the managers and clerks, one (1) of
the certificates to be inclosed in the ballot box, and the other to be delivered to and to be kept by
one (1) of the managers and to be inspected at any time by any voter who so requests. When the
count of the votes and the tally thereof have been completed, the managers shall lock and seal the
ballot box, having first placed therein all ballots voted, all spoiled ballots and all unused ballots.
There shall be inclosed therein also one (1) of the duplicate receipts given by the manager who
received the blank ballots received for that box; and the total ballots voted, and the spoiled
ballots and the unused ballots must correspond in total with the said duplicate receipt or else the
failure thereof must be perfectly accounted for by a written statement, under oath of the
managers, which statement must be inclosed in the ballot box. There shall be also inclosed in
said box the tally list, the receipt booklet containing the signed names of the voters who voted;
and the number of ballots voted must correspond with the number of names signed in said receipt
booklet.