MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Constitution

By: Representatives Turner, Arnold, Boyd (19th)

House Concurrent Resolution 5

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 241, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendments to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 are proposed to the qualified electors of the state:

     Amend Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

     "Section 241.  Every inhabitant of this state, except idiots and insane persons, who is a citizen of the United States of America, eighteen (18) years old and upward, who has been a resident of this state for * * * one (1) year thirty (30) days, and for * * * one (1) year thirty (30) days in the county in which he or she offers to vote, and for * * * six (6) months thirty (30) days in the election precinct or in the incorporated city or town in which he or she offers to vote, and who is duly registered as provided in this article, and who has never been convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy, is declared to be a qualified elector who may vote in an election for state or local office or at a state wide or local referendum, except that he or she shall be qualified to vote for President and Vice President of the United States if he or she meets the requirements established by Congress therefor and is otherwise a qualified elector."

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2026, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows:  "This proposed constitutional amendment provides that only citizens of the United States are allowed the opportunity to vote.