History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Absentee ballots; revise procedures for counting.
1 | 01/20/97 | (H) | Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
2 | 02/04/97 | (H) | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub | |
3 | 02/13/97 | (H) | Died On Calendar |
Effective date | *V/R App. Req. | |
Disposition | Dead | |
Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
Revenue | No | |
3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Chaney
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0637, A 023-0015-0639
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-637, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHALL BE CAST NOT LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. ON THE MONDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING ELECTIONS HELD ON TUESDAY; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS VOTED BY ABSENTEE BALLOT MAY VOTE AT THE PRECINCT AND THIS ABSENTEE BALLOT SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-639, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGISTRAR SHALL STORE ABSENTEE BALLOTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN TIMELY CAST, IN A SEPARATE BALLOT BOX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CIRCUIT CLERK OR HIS DESIGNEE SHALL COUNT THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH CANDIDATE OR HIS DESIGNEE SHALL OBSERVE THE COUNTING OF THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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