§ Miss. Code § 23-15-929(untitled)

Designation of circuit judge or chancellor to determine contest; notice;
answer and cross-complaint.
Upon the filing of the petition certified as aforesaid, and bond, the circuit clerk shall
immediately, by registered letter or by telegraph or telephone, or personally, notify the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, or, in his absence, or disability, some other judge of the Supreme
Court, who shall forthwith designate and notify a circuit judge or chancellor of a district other
than that which embraces the county or any of the counties, involved in the contest or complaint,
to proceed to said county wherein the contest or complaint has been filed there to hear and
determine said contest or complaint, and it shall be the official duty of the said circuit judge or
chancellor to proceed to the discharge of the designated duty at the earliest possible date to be
fixed by the judge or chancellor and of which the contestant and contestee shall have reasonable
notice, to be served in such reasonable manner as the judge or chancellor may direct, in response
to which notice the contestee shall promptly file his answer, and also his cross-complaint if any
he have to prefer.