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MississippiPaper + scan

Mississippi Election Code, Code Title 23 Ch 15; campaign finance 23-15-801+. No early voting. 2016 SOS compilation.

Overall25.2%EAdI 11.8%EAI 39.3%ECI 27.8%EDRI 36.4%EVCI 25.0%EII 18.9%

Paper + scanVoting method

Voting Channels

How voters cast a ballot

The voting channels available under current law, each verified against the cited statute.

Election dayElection-day in personall
In-person voting at the precinct on election day (polls open 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.); most counties use hand-marked paper ballots on optical scanners (some counties still use TSx touchscreen machines). Photo ID required (§ 23-15-563).
Miss. Code § 23-15-541
EarlyEarly in personnot available
No in-person early voting — Mississippi is one of the few states without it.
PostalPostal / mailexcuse-required
Absentee voting by mail requires a statutory excuse (e.g. age 65+, disability, temporary absence, work); not no-excuse.
Miss. Code § 23-15-713
ProxyProxynot available
No proxy voting.
InternetInternetnot available
No internet voting.

Methodology Radar

Dimension Breakdown

EAdI11.8%

Election Administration Index

Electoral Access Index

Election Campaign-Finance Index

Election Dispute Resolution Index

Election Voter-Confidence Index

Election Integrity Index

Citizen Verifiability13%

Custody Hardware38%

Post Election Audit22%

Software Verifiability0%

Transparency Observation0%

Vendor Independence0%

Voter Access57%

Primary Instruments

Methodologies — Datapoint Drill-In

Each methodology card above takes you to Mississippi's scoring detail for that methodology — every datapoint, with rationale and the exact statute that justifies the score.

EAdI EAI ECI EDRI EVCI EII

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Citation	Type	Title	Sections	Status
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 1	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 1	3	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 11	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 11	23	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 15	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 15	55	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 17	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 17	26	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 19	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 19	43	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 23	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 23	9	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 25	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 25	13	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 27	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 27	17	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 29	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 29	15	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 3	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 3	49	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 31	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 31	15	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 33	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 33	6	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 35	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 35	9	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 37	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 37	8	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 39	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 39	1	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 5	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 5	35	active
Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 9	Code	Miss. Code Title 23, ch. 15, art. 9	2	active