MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Scott

House Bill 726

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO JOE MITCHELL PORTER, JR., OF JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Joe Mitchell Porter, Jr., of Jones County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of his  conviction of kidnapping and armed robbery in Jones County, Mississippi, in 1996, and who has completed the penalty and any conditions imposed upon him for such conviction.  The Legislature has been reliably informed that he is now conducting himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a good and lawful manner.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.