Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Special elections; call when legislator or state elected official changes political party affiliation.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/04 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
| 2 | 02/01 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | VRA\** See Text | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Fleming
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0831, A 023-0015-0851
Title: AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN ANY LEGISLATOR OR STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL CHANGES HIS OR HER POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION BEFORE JANUARY 1 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE LEGISLATOR OR STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL IS REQUIRED TO QUALIFY FOR REELECTION, THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATOR OR STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL SHALL BE DECLARED VACANT AND A SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL BE CALLED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE DATE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL CHANGES POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-831 AND 23-15-851, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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