O'Neal, 050577 MSAGO, 1977-0037

• Case Date: May 05, 1977
• Court: Mississippi

Mrs. Jo Ann O'Neal No. 1977-0037 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions May 5, 1977          Mrs. Jo Ann O'Neal          Secretary          Board of Election Commissioners          Harrison County          Post Office Box 6691          Gulfport, Mississippi 39501          Elections-Registrars-Commissioners           Dear Mrs. O'Neal:          Your letter of April 8, 1977 addressed to Mr. P. L. Douglas has been assigned to me for research and reply.          You posed seven numbered questions in your letter which, because of the length, I am attaching a copy hereto for reference. There follows my response to your questions in the same order as those questions.          1. Reference is made to Section 23-5-83 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, which states:

Registrar to attend certan meetings. The registrar shall attend the meetings of the commissioners, and shall furnish them the registration books and the poll books, and shall render them all needed assistance of which he is capable in the performance of their duties in revising the list of qualified electors.

         This question is not specifically addressed by this statute or any other statute. If the Registrar is capable of performing the described tasks then it would be proper for the Registrar to assume such tasks.          2. This question is not specifically addressed by Section 23-5-83 or any other statute. The Election Commissioners have the responsibility of reviewing the registration books at intervals required by statute and deciding what persons are to be registered. The “pulling of computer cards” and removal of names from poll books are administrative tasks; if the Registrar is capable, it would be proper for him to do such tasks.          3. There is no statute authorizing...