History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Open Elections Law; create.
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: Guice
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0303, A 023-0015-0305, A 023-0015-0191
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-303, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL CANDIDATES, REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION, SHALL BE LISTED ON THE BALLOTS IN PARTY PRIMARIES AND THAT VOTERS IN A PARTY PRIMARY MAY VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE WHICH CANDIDATE SHALL RECEIVE HIS OR HER PARTY'S NOMINATION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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