§ Miss. Code § 23-15-753Penalties for vote fraud

(1) Any person who willfully, unlawfully and feloniously procures, seeks to procure, or seeks
to influence the vote of any person voting by absentee ballot, by the payment of money, the
promise of payment of money, or by the delivery of any other item of value or promise to give
the voter any item of value, or by promising or giving the voter any favor or reward in an effort
to influence his vote, or any person who aids, abets, assists, encourages, helps, or causes any
person voting an absentee ballot to violate any provision of law pertaining to absentee voting, or
any person who sells his vote for money, favor, or reward, has been paid or promised money, a
reward, a favor or favors, or any other item of value, or any person who shall willfully swear
falsely to any affidavit provided for in Sections 23-15-621 through 23-15-735, shall be guilty of
the crime of "vote fraud" and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for no more than one (1) year, or by both fine and imprisonment,
or by being sentenced to the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five
(5) years.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who pays or compensates another person for assisting
voters in marking their absentee ballots to base the pay or compensation on the number of
absentee voters assisted or the number of absentee ballots cast by persons who have received the
assistance. Any person who violates this section, upon conviction shall, be fined not less than
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or
imprisoned in the Penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or both.