Adopted
SUBSTITUTE NO 1 FOR AMENDMENT NO 1 TO AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 1510
BY: Representative Powell
AMEND by inserting the following after line 506 and renumber the succeeding sections:
" SECTION 5. The following shall be codified as Section 23-15-152, Mississippi Code of 1972:
23-15-152. (1) For the purposes of this section, "confirmation notice" means a notice sent by the election commissioners, by forwardable mail, with return postage prepaid, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, to a registered voter to confirm the registered voter's current address. The notice shall comply with all applicable requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
(2) The election commissioners shall send a confirmation notice to the following:
(a) A registered voter if it appears from the United States Postal Service change-of-address information that the registered voter has moved to a different residence;
(b) A registered voter if a county election commissioner or county registrar has received notice from another state, or political subdivision of another state, that the registered voter has registered to vote in another state; and
(c) A registered voter if the registrar or election commissioners have received reliable information that he or she has moved within or outside of the state.
(3) The county election commissioners shall place any registered voter who has been sent a confirmation notice on inactive status in the Statewide Elections Management System. Any registered voter who is placed on inactive status shall be unable to cast a regular ballot on election day but shall be able to cast an affidavit ballot as provided in Section 23-15-573.
(4) A registered voter "fails to respond to the confirmation notice" if the voter, during a period of four (4) consecutive years beginning from the date of the delivery of the confirmation notice, fails to:
(a) Respond to the confirmation notice; or
(b) Update the elector's registration information.
The period of four (4) consecutive years beginning from the date of the delivery of the confirmation notice required in subsection (4) of this section shall include two (2) general federal elections. A registered voter who votes at least once in any election in the registered voter's county of registration during the period of four (4) consecutive years beginning from the date of the delivery of the confirmation notice shall not be purged from the Statewide Elections Management System.
(5) The county registrar or county election commission shall move those registered voters who fail to respond to the confirmation notice as provided in subsection (4) and who fail to vote as provided in subsection (4) of this section to purged status in the Statewide Elections Management System.
(6) No systematic list maintenance shall occur during the ninety (90) days immediately preceding a federal primary or general election.
(7) The county registrar shall retain removed voter registration records after they are removed for a period that includes at least two (2) federal general elections and shall record the reason for the removal.
SECTION 6. Section 23-15-125, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-125. The pollbook of each voting precinct shall designate the voting precinct for which it is to be used, and shall be ruled in appropriate columns, with printed or written headings, as follows: date of registration; voter registration number; name of electors; date of birth; and a number of blank columns for the dates of elections. All qualified applicants who register with the registrar shall be entered in the Statewide Elections Management System. Only the names of those qualified applicants who register within thirty (30) days before an election shall appear on the pollbooks of the election; however, if the thirtieth day to register before an election falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the registration applications submitted on the business day immediately following the legal holiday shall be accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election. When county election commissioners determine that any elector is disqualified from voting, by reason of death, conviction of a disenfranchising crime, removal from the jurisdiction, failure to comply with the provisions of Section 23-15-152, or other legal cause, that fact shall be noted in the Statewide Elections Management System and the voter's name shall be removed from the Statewide Elections Management System, the state's voter roll and the county's pollbooks. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of electronic pollbooks."
AMEND further on line 38 by inserting the following language after the comma: "failed to comply with the provisions of Section 23-15-152,".
AMEND further on line 51 by deleting "and".
AMEND further on line 54 by deleting the period and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
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(e) As provided in Section 23-15-152.".
AMEND further the title to conform.