§ Miss. Code § 23-15-719(untitled)

Delivery of ballots to applicant; completion of ballots; affidavit; delivery of
ballots to registrar.
(1) Immediately upon completion of an application filed pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph (a) of Section 23-15-715, the registrar shall deliver the necessary ballots to the
applicant. The registrar shall only deliver the ballots to the applicant by mail or to the applicant
in the registrar's office. The registrar shall not personally hand deliver ballots to voters, unless he
delivers the ballots in the office of the registrar. The elector shall fill in his ballot in secret. After
the applicant has properly marked the ballot and properly folded it, he shall deposit it in the
envelope furnished him by the registrar.
After he has sealed the envelope, he shall subscribe and swear to an affidavit in
the following form, which shall be printed on the back of the envelope containing the
applicant's ballot:
"STATE
OF
COUNTY
OF
________
I, ________, do solemnly swear that this envelope contains the ballot marked by me
indicating my choice of the candidates or propositions to be submitted at the election
to be held on the ________ day of ________, 2________, and I hereby authorize the
registrar to place this envelope in the ballot box on my behalf, and I further
authorize the election managers to open this envelope and place my ballot among the
other ballots cast before such ballots are counted, and record my name on the poll
list
as
if I
were
present
in
person
and
voted.
I
further
swear
that
I
marked
the
enclosed
ballot
in
secret.
__________________________________________________________
(Signature
of
voter)
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me, ________, this the ________ day of________,
2________.
(Registrar)
______________________________________________
(Registrar)"
After
deliver
(2)
If
the completion of
the
envelope
the
voter
has
the requirements of this section,
containing
the
ballot
to
received
assistance
in
marking
his
the elector shall
the
registrar.
ballot,
the
person
providing the assistance shall complete the following form which shall be printed on
the back of the envelope containing the applicant's ballot:
"CERTIFICATE OF PERSON PROVIDING VOTER ASSISTANCE
(To be completed only if the voter has received assistance in marking the enclosed
ballot.) I hereby certify that the above-named voter declared to me that he or she is
blind, temporarily or permanently physically disabled, or cannot read or write, and
that the voter requested that I assist the voter in marking the enclosed absentee
ballot. I hereby certify that the ballot preferences on the enclosed ballot are those
communicated by the voter to me, and that I have marked the enclosed ballot in
accordance
with
the
voter's
instructions.
________________________________________________
Signature
of
person
providing
assistance
________________________________________________
Printed
name
of
person
providing
assistance
________________________________________________
Address
of
person
providing
assistance
________________________________________________
Date
and
time
assistance
provided
________________________________________________
Family relationship to voter (if any)"
(3) The envelope used pursuant to this section shall not contain the form prescribed by
Section 23-15-635 and shall have printed on the flap on the back of the envelope in bold print
and in a distinguishing color, the following: "YOUR VOTE WILL BE REJECTED AND
NOT COUNTED IF THIS ENVELOPE IS NOT SIGNED ACROSS THE FLAP OF THIS
ENVELOPE BY YOU AND AN ATTESTING WITNESS."