History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Elections; commissioners of election to run party primary.
| 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: Denny
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0171, A 023-0015-0263, A 023-0015-0265, A 023-0015-0267, A 023-0015-0295, A 023-0015-0303, A 023-0015-0331, A 023-0015-0333, A 023-0015-0597, BF 023-0015-0921, BF 023-0015-0923, BF 023-0015-0925, BF 023-0015-0927, BF 023-0015-0929, BF 023-0015-0931, BF 023-0015-0933, BF 023-0015-0935, BF 023-0015-0937, BF 023-0015-0939, BF 023-0015-0941
Title: AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION SHALL SUPERVISE ALL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND SHALL CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTY PRIMARIES SHALL BE HELD TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE AND AT THE SAME TIME; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH PARTY SHALL HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF POLL WORKERS DURING AN ELECTION; TO ALLOW A VOTER TO VOTE FOR ANY CANDIDATE REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE SEPARATE COLUMNS ON THE BALLOT FOR EACH POLITICAL PARTY AND EACH CANDIDATE SHALL BE LISTED UNDER THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH HE OR SHE IS AFFILIATED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-171, 23-15-263, 23-15-265, 23-15-267, 23-15-295, 23-15-303, 23-15-331, 23-15-333 AND 23-15-597, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-921 THROUGH 23-15-941, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTING PRIMARY ELECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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