Abolishment of municipal election commission.

Oxford Code of Ordinances § 2-30

in effect

Sec. 2-30. - Abolishment of municipal election commission. It is the mayor and board of aldermen's intent and desire to abolish the City of Oxford's Municipal Election Commission and to authorize the Lafayette County Circuit Clerk's Office, along with the Lafayette County Election Commission, to conduct the municipal election commissioner's duties. By adoption of the ordinance from which this section is derived, it is the City's intent to enter into an Agreement with the Lafayette County Circuit Clerk to have the Lafayette County Election Commission conduct municipal elections and other functions that are performed by municipal elections commissioners, which will benefit the city, and all of its citizens, by making the elections more efficient. As a result of this section, all current members of the municipal election commission are removed. Pursuant to MCA 1972, § 23-15-221, the Lafayette County Circuit Clerk's Office, along with the Lafayette County Election Commission, shall conduct all of the duties of the municipal election commissioners including, but not limited to: (1) Canvass the results of bond elections in a municipality; (2) Canvass the returns of special and general elections for mayor and aldermen and within five days after any special or general election, deliver to each person receiving the highest number of votes, a certificate of election; (3) Certify to the Secretary of State the name or names of the person or persons elected at special or general elections within ten days after any special or general election; (4) Revise the primary pollbooks for municipalities at the time and in the manner in accordance with the laws now fixed and in force for revising pollbooks, except that they shall not remove from the pollbook any person who is qualified to participate in primary elections; (5) Print the pollbooks that are to be used in municipal elections; (6) Print and distribute the "official ballots"; (7) Perform the duties of poll managers in the event that there is only one election precinct in the municipality; (8) Perform any of the duties required of the municipal executive committee pursuant to MCA 1972, § 23-15-239, if the municipal executive committee has entered into a written agreement with the municipal clerk or the municipal or county election commission that gives such authorization; (9) Determine whether each party candidate in the municipal general election is a qualified elector of the municipality, and of the ward if the office sought is a ward office, whether each candidate either meets all other qualifications to hold the office he or she is seeking or presents absolute proof that he or she will, subject to no contingencies, meet all qualifications on or before the date of the general or special election at which he or she could be elected to office, and whether any candidate has been convicted of any felony in a court of this state, or has been convicted on or after December 8, 1992, of any offense in another state which is a felony under the laws of this state, or has been convicted of any felony in a federal court on or after December 8, 1992; (10) Declare each candidate elected without opposition, if the candidate meets all the qualifications to hold the office as determined pursuant to a review by the commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection (9) of this section; (11) Canvass the returns for municipal elections received from all voting precincts and within ten days after the election, deliver to each person receiving the highest number of votes a certificate of election. If it shall appear that any two or more of the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall have received an equal number of votes, the election shall be decided by the toss of a coin, or by lot, fairly and publicly drawn by the election commissioners; (12) Transmit the statement provided in MCA 1972, § 23-15-611 to the Secretary of State certifying the name or names of the person or persons elected at municipal elections, and such person or person shall be issued commissions by the governor; (13) Receiving the filed document by any person desiring to contest the qualifications of another person who has qualified pursuant to the provisions of MCA 1972, § 23-15-361 as a candidate for municipal office elected on the date designated by law for regular municipal elections that specifically sets forth the grounds of the challenge no later than 31 days after the date of the first primary election set forth in MCA 1972, § 23-15-309; and (14) Perform all other duties with respect to the municipal election as prescribed by law. (Ord. No. 2022-6, § II, 5-17-2022)

Source: City of Oxford, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/oxford/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTIITHMABOAL_DIV1GE_S2-30ABMUELCOFetched: 11/1/2026