MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Apportionment and Elections
By: Representative Cockerham
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE DOCUMENTATION THAT A NATURALIZED CITIZEN MUST PRESENT IN ORDER TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR TO VOTE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that any person who has acquired citizenship by order or decree of naturalization and who is otherwise qualified to register and vote under the laws of the State of Mississippi shall present or exhibit to the registrar of the county of his or her residence, at or before the time he or she may offer to register, a certified copy of the final order or decree of naturalization, or a certificate of naturalization or duplicate thereof, or a certified copy of such certificate of naturalization or duplicate in order to be allowed to register or to vote, is repealed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.