§ Miss. Code § 23-15-937(untitled)

Transfer of hearing; requirement of prompt adjudication; circumstances
requiring special election.
If more than one county be involved in a contest or complaint, the judge or chancellor shall
have authority to transfer the hearing to a more convenient county within the district, if in
relation to a district office, or within the state if a state office; or the judge or chancellor may
proceed to any county or counties wherein the facts complained of are charged to have
transpired, and there hear the evidence and make a finding of facts relating to that county and
any convenient neighboring county or counties, but, in any event, if possible with due diligence
to do so, the hearing must be completed and final judgment rendered in time to permit the
printing and distribution of the official ballots at the election for which the contested nomination
is made. When any judge or chancellor lawfully designated to hear a contest or complaint, in this
section mentioned, shall not promptly and diligently proceed with the hearing and final
determination of such a contest or complaint, he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor in office
unless excused by actual illness, or by an equivalent excuse. When no final decision has been
made in time as hereinabove specified, the name of the nominee declared by the party executive
committee shall be printed on the official ballots as the party nominee, but the contest or
complaint shall not thereby be dismissed but the cause shall nevertheless proceed to final
judgment and if the said judgment be in favor of the contestant, the election of the contestee shall
thereby be vacated and the Governor, or the Lieutenant Governor in case the Governor be a party
to the contest, shall call a special election for the office or offices involved, if the contestee has
already entered upon the term he shall vacate the office upon the qualification of the person
elected at said special election, and may be removed by quo warranto if he fail so to do.