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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 17 - AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION BY VOTER INITIATIVE
Section 23-17-60 - Removal of name from initiative petition due to fraud or coercion

Miss. Code § 23-17-60

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Section 23-17-60 - Removal of name from initiative petition due to fraud or coercion

Any person who alleges that his or her signature on an initiative petition was obtained as the result of fraud or coercion, or that the person was intentionally misled as to the substance or effect of the petition, may have his or her signature removed from the initiative petition upon filing an affidavit to such effect with the Secretary of State anytime before the Secretary of State has accepted and filed the petition under Section 23-17-23.

Miss. Code § 23-17-60

Laws, 1996, ch. 444, § 5, eff. 6/28/1996 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objections under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).