Miss. Code § 23-15-1083

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 23-15-1083 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Presidential preference primaries and first congressional primaries to be held on same day; second congressional primaries to be held three weeks thereafter

Beginning in 1988, as an alternative to the congressional primary election date set forth in Section 23-15-1031, when a political party elects to conduct a presidential preference primary, the first primary election for congressmen, and senators, if senators are to be elected, shall be held on the second Tuesday in March, and the second primary, when one is necessary, shall be held four (4) weeks thereafter, and the election shall be held in all districts of the state on the same day.

Miss. Code § 23-15-1083

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-13-5 [Laws, 1986, ch. 484, § 3; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 348]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 321, eff. 1/1/1987.

Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 513, SB 2144,§ 7, eff. 1/1/2025.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.