Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Elections; grant the State Board of Election Commissioners certain emergency powers.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/16 (S) Referred To Elections | |
| 2 | 01/31 (S) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | VRA | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Burton
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0171, A 023-0015-0173, A 023-0015-0191, A 023-0015-0193, A 023-0015-0197
Title: AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS TO A SPECIFIC DATE, SPECIFY ALTERNATE POLLING PLACES AND SPECIFY ALTERNATE VOTING SYSTEMS IN THE EVENT A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE REASONS FOR WHICH THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTORAL PROCESS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, UPON THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST OR THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST, MAY PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY TO TAKE ANY ACTION NECESSARY TO PROVIDE A REMEDY THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, AND PROTECTS THE INTEGRITY OF, THE ELECTORAL PROCESS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-171, 23-15-173, 23-15-191, 23-15-193 AND 23-15-197, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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