History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Elections; prescribe procedures for purging the names of persons who have moved.
| 1 | 01/18/99 | (H) | Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
| 2 | 02/02/99 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | *V/R App. Req. | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Denny
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0011, A 023-0015-0013, A 023-0015-0139, A 023-0015-0153, RP 023-0015-0159
Title: AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE NAMES OF VOTERS ARE REMOVED FROM THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS; TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION RECEIVED BY AN ELECTION COMMISSION FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION INDICATING THAT A VOTER IN THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S COUNTY HAS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REMOVE THE VOTER'S NAME FROM THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S COUNTY AND THE ELECTION COMMISSION SHALL REMOVE SUCH VOTER'S NAME FROM THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN REGISTRATION BOOK AND POLLBOOK MAINTENANCE FORMS TO BE USED BY ELECTION COMMISSIONS; TO REQUIRE ELECTION COMMISSIONS TO CONDUCT AN ONGOING GENERAL REGISTRATION BOOK AND POLLBOOK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS BY ENSURING THE MAINTENANCE OF ACCURATE AND CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-11 AND 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE A PERSON DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT FOR 30 DAYS IN THE SUPERVISOR'S DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OFFERS TO VOTE AND TO AUTHORIZE A VOTER'S REGISTRATION TO BE TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME UP TO 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION IF HE MOVES TO ANOTHER WARD OR VOTING PRECINCT WITHIN THE SAME MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REMOVAL OF NAMES FROM THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS BASED ON A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE OF THE VOTER MUST BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION IN EACH COUNTY TO MEET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS; TO CHANGE THE BASIS UPON WHICH COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION ARE COMPENSATED FROM THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN A COUNTY TO THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN A COUNTY; TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION ARE COMPENSATED AND AUTHORIZE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS FOR WHICH THEY ARE COMPENSATED TO BE UTILIZED FOR REVISION OF THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS AND FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION TO RECEIVE A PER DIEM FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT CONDUCTING RUNOFF ELECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO UTILIZE THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD TO IDENTIFY THE NAMES OF VOTERS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF DISENFRANCHISING CRIMES AND TO REQUIRE ALL STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE TO PROVIDE THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUCH INFORMATION AS HE CONSIDERS NECESSARY TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES IN REGARD TO THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES OF ALL VOTERS WHOSE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTOR NOT VOTING FOR FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS AND SHALL BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ELECTORS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-159, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED IN AT LEAST ONE ELECTION IN THE LAST FOUR SUCCESSIVE YEARS BE ERASED FROM THE REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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