Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Open Primary Law; create.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/27/00 | (H) | Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
| 2 | 03/07/00 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | V/R App. Req | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | Yes |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Rotenberry
Code Sections: A 021-0007-0007, A 021-0008-0007, A 021-0015-0001, A 023-0015-0021, A 023-0015-0031, A 023-0015-0129, A 023-0015-0153, A 023-0015-0159, A 023-0015-0173, A 023-0015-0197, A 023-0015-0313, A 023-0015-0367, A 023-0015-0375, A 023-0015-0403, A 023-0015-0411, A 023-0015-0463, A 023-0015-0465, A 023-0015-0507, A 023-0015-0511, A 023-0015-0559, A 023-0015-0561, A 023-0015-0573, A 023-0015-0593, A 023-0015-0595, A 023-0015-0601, A 023-0015-0605, A 023-0015-0607, A 023-0015-0673, A 023-0015-0713, A 023-0015-0755, A 023-0015-0771, A 023-0015-0801, A 023-0015-0807, A 023-0015-0811, A 023-0015-0833, A 023-0015-0859, A 023-0015-0873, A 023-0015-0881, A 023-0015-0885, A 023-0015-0891, A 023-0015-0899, A 023-0015-0911, A 023-0015-0973, A 023-0015-0993, A 023-0015-1065, A 023-0015-1085, A 023-0015-1087, RP 023-0015-0127, RP 023-0015-0171, RP 023-0015-0191, RP 023-0015-0263, RP 023-0015-0265, RP 023-0015-0267, RP 023-0015-0291, RP 023-0015-0293, RP 023-0015-0295, RP 023-0015-0297, RP 023-0015-0299, RP 023-0015-0301, RP 023-0015-0303, RP 023-0015-0305, RP 023-0015-0307, RP 023-0015-0309, RP 023-0015-0311, RP 023-0015-0317, RP 023-0015-0319, RP 023-0015-0331, RP 023-0015-0333, RP 023-0015-0335, RP 023-0015-0359, RP 023-0015-0361, RP 023-0015-0363, RP 023-0015-0575, RP 023-0015-0597, RP 023-0015-0599, RP 023-0015-0841, RP 023-0015-0921, RP 023-0015-0923, RP 023-0015-0925, RP 023-0015-0927, RP 023-0015-0929, RP 023-0015-0931, RP 023-0015-0933, RP 023-0015-0935, RP 023-0015-0937, RP 023-0015-0939, RP 023-0015-0941, RP 023-0015-0971, RP 023-0015-1031, RP 023-0015-1063, RP 023-0015-1083
Title: AN ACT TO ABOLISH PARTISAN PRIMARIES; TO PRESCRIBE THE TIME FOR HOLDING GENERAL AND PREFERENTIAL ELECTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN ONLY ONE PERSON HAS QUALIFIED AS A CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE, THAT PERSON'S NAME SHALL BE PLACED ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN MORE THAN ONE PERSON HAS QUALIFIED AS A CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE, THAT A PREFERENTIAL ELECTION SHALL BE HELD THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST FOR THE OFFICE SHALL HAVE HIS NAME AND HIS NAME ONLY PLACED ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE PREFERENTIAL ELECTION FOR AN OFFICE, THAT THE TWO CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE PREFERENTIAL ELECTION SHALL HAVE THEIR NAMES PLACED ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT AS CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW IN CASE OF TIES; TO PROVIDE THE MANNER FOR QUALIFYING AS A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRINTING OF NECESSARY BALLOTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-159, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SUSPENSION OF THE REGISTRATION OF ALL ELECTORS WHO HAVE NOT VOTED IN AN ELECTION FOR A FEDERAL OFFICE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-367 AND 23-15-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES SHALL BE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY ON THE BALLOT WITHOUT REGARD TO PARTY AFFILIATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-7-7, 21-8-7, 21-15-1, 23-15-21, 23-15-31, 23-15-129, 23-15-153, 23-15-173, 23-15-197, 23-15-313, 23-15-375, 23-15-403, 23-15-411, 23-15-463, 23-15-465, 23-15-507, 23-15-559, 23-15-561, 23-15-573, 23-15-593, 23-15-595, 23-15-601, 23-15-605, 23-15-607, 23-15-673, 23-15-713, 23-15-755, 23-15-771, 23-15-801, 23-15-807, 23-15-811, 23-15-833, 23-15-859, 23-15-873, 23-15-881, 23-15-885, 23-15-891, 23-15-899, 23-15-911, 23-15-973, 23-15-993, 23-15-1065, 23-15-1085 AND 23-15-1087, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE PREPARATION, USE AND REVISION OF PRIMARY ELECTION POLLBOOKS; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DATES OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-191, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DATE OF STATE, DISTRICT AND COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-263, 23-15-265, 23-15-267, 23-15-291 THROUGH 23-15-311, 23-15-317, 23-15-319, 23-15-331, 23-15-333 AND 23-15-335, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, PROVIDE FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS, AND PROVIDE FOR THE CONDUCT OF PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-359, 23-15-361 AND 23-15-363, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE CONTENTS OF GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-575, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A PERSON SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTY NOMINATIONS MADE BY HIS PARTY; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-597 AND 23-15-599, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE CANVAS OF RETURNS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF VOTE BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND REQUIRE THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TRANSMIT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE A TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE PARTY VOTE FOR CERTAIN OFFICES; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-841, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES TO FILL VACANCIES IN CERTAIN OFFICES; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-921 THROUGH 23-15-941, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTS OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-971, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR SUPERVISION OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR JUDICIAL OFFICES BY THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE FOR THE DATE OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR JUDICIAL OFFICES; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-1031, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DATE OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR CONGRESSMEN AND UNITED STATES SENATORS; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-1063, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS UNREGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES FROM CONDUCTING PRIMARY ELECTIONS; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-1083, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THAT CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES BE HELD ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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