§ Miss. Code § 23-15-625(untitled)

Duties of registrar relating to the provision and disbursement of absentee
voting applications; request for application by person other than elector seeking to vote by
absentee ballot; solicitation of absentee ballot applications for persons staying in skilled
nursing facility prohibited; exceptions; maintenance of list of absentee voters; public access
to list; placement of absentee ballots in ballot boxes; authority to mail applications to
qualified electors.
(1) The registrar shall be responsible for providing applications for absentee voting as
provided in this section. At least sixty (60) days prior to any election in which absentee voting is
provided for by law, the registrar shall provide a sufficient number of applications. In the event a
special election is called and set at a date which makes it impractical or impossible to prepare
applications for absent elector's ballot sixty (60) days prior to the election, the registrar shall
provide applications as soon as practicable after the election is called. The registrar shall fill in
the date of the particular election on the application for which the application will be used.
(2) The registrar shall be authorized to disburse applications for absentee ballots to any
qualified elector within the county where he serves. Any person who presents to the registrar an
oral or written request for an absentee ballot application for a voter entitled to vote absentee by
mail, other than the elector who seeks to vote by absentee ballot, shall, in the presence of the
registrar, sign the application and print on the application his or her name and address and the
name of the elector for whom the application is being requested in the place provided for on the
application for that purpose. However, if for any reason such person is unable to write the
information required, then the registrar shall write the information on a printed form which has
been prescribed by the Secretary of State. The form shall provide a place for such person to place
his mark after the form has been filled out by the registrar.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit absentee ballot applications or absentee
ballots for persons staying in any skilled nursing facility as defined in Section 41-7-173. This
prohibition shall not apply to:
(a) A family member of the person staying in the skilled nursing facility; or
(b) A person designated by the person for whom the absentee ballot application or absentee
ballot is sought, the registrar or the deputy registrar.
As used in this subsection, "family member" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling,
adult child, grandchild or legal guardian.
(4) The registrar in the county wherein a voter is qualified to vote upon receiving the
envelope containing the absentee ballots shall keep an accurate list of all persons preparing such
ballots, which list shall be kept in a conspicuous place accessible to the public near the entrance
to his office. The registrar shall also furnish to each precinct manager a list of the names of all
persons in each respective precinct voting absentee ballots to be posted in a conspicuous place at
the polling place for public notice. The application on file with the registrar and the envelopes
containing the ballots shall be kept by the registrar and deposited in the proper precinct ballot
boxes before such boxes are delivered to the election commissioners or managers. At the time
such boxes are delivered to the election commissioners or managers, the registrar shall also turn
over a list of all such persons who have voted and whose ballots are in the box.
(5) The registrar shall also be authorized to mail one (1) application to any qualified elector
of the county for use in a particular election.