Allen, 090975 MSAGO, 1975-0008

• Case Date: September 09, 1975
• Court: Mississippi

Mr. Emmette P. Allen No. 1975-0008 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions September 9, 1975          Mr. Emmette P. Allen          Attorney at Law          P. O. Box 828          Brookhaven, Mississippi 39601          Dear Mr. Allen:          Attorney General A. F. Summer has received your letter of request and has assigned it to this writer for research and reply.          Your letter states as follows:

         “As Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Lincoln County, question has been posed to me whether the provisions of Section 23-3-13 which provides that the initialing manager shall place his genuine initials on the back of the ballots is applicable where electronic voting devices are used?”

         I am informed that Lincoln County utilizes an electronic voting system as authorized by Section 23-7-301, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, and therefore your request for an opinion will be answered accordingly.          Section 23-7-311, Mississippi Code of 1972, states in part as follows:

         “If ballot cards are used, each card shall have a serially numbered stub which shall be removed in the presence of an election officer by the voter before being deposited in the ballot box.”

         Section 23-7-317, Mississippi Code of 1972, states in part as follows:

If ballot cards are used, the voter, after he has marked his ballot card, shall

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