History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Voter registration; persons registered under NVRA will be registered for state elections.
| 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: Flaggs
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0011, A 023-0015-0013, A 023-0015-0033, A 023-0015-0153, RP 023-0015-0159
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11 AND 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT ONE MUST LIVE IN A NEW SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICT FOR THIRTY DAYS IN ORDER TO VOTE; TO PROVIDE THAT ONE WHO WILL BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF A GENERAL ELECTION MAY VOTE IN ANY PRIMARY ELECTIONS HELD BEFORE A GENERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT AN ELECTOR WHO MOVES FROM ONE VOTING PRECINCT TO ANOTHER VOTING PRECINCT WITHIN THE SAME COUNTY SHALL NOT BE DISQUALIFIED TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 ARE REGISTERED FOR ALL PURPOSES UNDER STATE LAW, AND TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO REGISTER AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 WILL BE REGISTERED FOR ALL PURPOSES UNDER STATE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REMOVAL OF NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS BASED ON A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993 IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF THE REMOVAL; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-159, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REMOVAL OF NAMES FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS FOR FAILURE TO VOTE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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