EDRIElection Dispute Resolution Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 23-15-361 governs ballot access, candidate qualification determinations, and nomination procedures for municipal elections in Mississippi. It does not address election contest procedures, standing to challenge election results, or the parties authorized to file disputes. The section covers pre-election matters (petition filing deadlines, candidate qualification review by election commissions, ballot composition) but contains no enumeration of which parties may contest an election after it occurs. To satisfy CONT.EDRI.1, the statute must identify who has standing to challenge election results—for example, candidates, political parties, qualified voters, or the Attorney General. This section is silent on post-election dispute resolution and contest standing.

The statute unambiguously specifies the original venue and jurisdiction for election contests involving legislative seats. It assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the House of Representatives for House member contests and the Senate for Senate member contests, and designates the filing location as the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate. While the actual judicial procedures are referenced as existing in House and Senate journals and rules rather than codified in statute, the statutory specification of *which body* has jurisdiction and *where* to file satisfies the criterion's requirement that 'the court of original jurisdiction for election contests [be] specified by statute.' The statute leaves no ambiguity about venue.

The statute explicitly specifies filing deadlines for election contests involving state legislative seats. The deadline is clearly codified as 30 days after a regular general election or 10 days after a special election, with a defined triggering event (the election itself). The filing location (Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate) is also statutorily specified. This satisfies the criterion because the deadline is not discretionary and is directly tied to a concrete event rather than left to case-by-case determination.

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Mississippi Code § 23-15-601(1) establishes a clear, mandatory statutory deadline for certification. The commissioners of election 'shall' deliver the certificate of election 'within ten (10) days after the day of the election.' This is a specific, non-discretionary timeline codified in statute. The use of 'shall' creates an affirmative obligation, and the deadline is fixed at 10 days post-election. There is no delegation to administrative discretion regarding when certification occurs; the timing is explicitly set by statute.

Mississippi Code § 23-15-927 explicitly provides an automatic statutory stay mechanism. When a petition for judicial review is filed in circuit court challenging an executive committee's action (or inaction) on an election contest, the statute mandates that the filing 'shall automatically supersede and suspend the operation and effect of the order, ruling or judgment of the executive committee appealed from.' This directly satisfies TIME.2 by establishing a clear, codified mechanism that stays the effect of the committee's decision while the contest proceeds through judicial review. The stay is automatic upon filing, not discretionary, and operates at a specified procedural point—when the petition meeting the statutory requirements (attorney certificates and cost bond) is filed.