History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Voter registration; allow at driver's license office and other agency locations.
| 1 | 01/07/97 | (H) | Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
| 2 | 02/04/97 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | *V/R App. Req. | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Green (72nd)
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0011, A 023-0015-0013, A 023-0015-0033, A 023-0015-0047, A 023-0015-0039, A 023-0015-0153, RP 023-0015-0159
Title: AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR UPDATE A VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING STATIONS WHEN THE INDIVIDUALS APPLY FOR OR RENEW A DRIVER'S LICENSE, APPLY FOR OR RENEW AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, OR CHANGE AN ADDRESS ON AN EXISTING DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT A DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING STATION; TO PROVIDE THE FORM OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION THAT IS USED AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING STATIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS COMPLETED AT A DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING STATION TO THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY REGISTRAR; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN STATE AGENCY OFFICES TO PROVIDE PERSONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR TO UPDATE A VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD AT THE TIME THE PERSON APPLIES FOR SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE FROM THAT AGENCY, FOR RENEWAL OF THE SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE OR FOR A CHANGE OF ADDRESS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF THE APPLICATION USED BY THE OFFICES; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR PERSONS TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT A STATE AGENCY OFFICE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS COMPLETED AT A STATE AGENCY OFFICE TO THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY REGISTRAR; TO REQUIRE THAT COUNTY REGISTRARS RECEIVE VALID VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS FORWARDED BY STATE AGENCY OFFICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND REGISTER TO VOTE PERSONS WHOSE VALID APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THEM; TO REQUIRE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONS TO INSTITUTE A REGISTRATION BOOK AND POLLBOOK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROCEDURES THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED IN THE PROGRAM; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT OF 1983; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11 AND 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE A PERSON DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT FOR THIRTY DAYS IN THE SUPERVISORS DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OFFERS TO VOTE AND TO AUTHORIZE A VOTER'S REGISTRATION TO BE TRANSFERRED WHEN HE MOVES TO A NEW VOTING PRECINCT WITHIN THE SAME COUNTY AT ANY TIME UP TO THIRTY DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PERSONS TO REGISTER TO VOTE WITH A FEDERAL MAIL-IN VOTER APPLICATION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A MAIL-IN VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION BE WITNESSED BY A QUALIFIED ELECTOR; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT MAIL-IN VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS BE VERIFIED BY THE COUNTY REGISTRAR BY TELEPHONE, PERSONAL CONTACT OR SOME OTHER METHOD APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE APPLICATION FORM FOR VOTER REGISTRATION BY MAIL SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE CHARGE THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING MAIL-IN VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS IN BULK; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-39 AND 23-15-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-159, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED IN AT LEAST ONE ELECTION IN THE LAST FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS BE ERASED FROM THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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