Bill Text | History of Actions | Amendments | Background | Title |
Description: Mississippi's election laws; make technical changes.
Bill Text: [Introduced] [Committee Substitute] [Passed Senate] [Sent to Governor]
| 1 | 01/16 (S) Referred To Elections | |
| 2 | 01/25 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub | |
| 3 | 02/01 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted | |
| 4 | 02/01 (S) Passed | |
| 5 | 02/01 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered | |
| 6 | 02/10 (S) Reconsidered | |
| 7 | 02/10 (S) Amended | |
| 8 | 02/10 (S) Passed As Amended | |
| 9 | 02/14 (S) Transmitted To House | |
| 10 | 02/14 (H) Referred To Apportionment and Elections | |
| 11 | 02/14 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended | |
| 12 | 02/14 (H) Amended | |
| 13 | 02/14 (H) Passed As Amended | |
| 14 | 02/14 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered | |
| 15 | 02/15 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled | |
| 16 | 02/16 (H) Returned For Concurrence | |
| 17 | 03/02 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf | |
| 18 | 03/09 (S) Conferees Named Burton,Harden,Kirby | |
| 19 | 03/15 (H) Conferees Named Reynolds,Jennings,Calhoun | |
| 20 | 03/24 (S) Conference Report Filed | |
| 21 | 03/24 (H) Conference Report Filed | |
| 22 | 03/25 (H) Conference Report Adopted | |
| 23 | 03/28 (S) Conference Report Adopted | |
| 24 | 04/04 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed | |
| 25 | 04/06 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed | |
| 26 | 04/24 Approved by Governor |
| Adopted | [S] | Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) |
| Adopted | [S] | Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) |
| Adopted | [H] | Amendment No 1 |
| Adopted | [H] | Amendment No 2 |
| [H] | Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2809 |
| Conference Report |
| Effective date | VRA | |
| Disposition | Law | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority | |
| Chapter number | 574 |
Senate Committee:
House Committee:
Principal Author: Burton
Code Sections: A 023-0015-0033, A 023-0015-0035, A 023-0015-0039, A 023-0015-0041, A 023-0015-0047, A 023-0015-0113, A 023-0015-0121, A 023-0015-0123, A 023-0015-0125, A 023-0015-0127, A 023-0015-0129, A 023-0015-0137, A 023-0015-0165, A 023-0015-0299, A 023-0015-0359, A 023-0015-0625, A 023-0015-0629, A 023-0015-0631, A 023-0015-0639, A 023-0015-0641, RP 023-0015-0114, RP 023-0015-0131
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-33, 23-15-35, 23-15-39, 23-15-41, 23-15-47, 23-15-113, 23-15-121, 23-15-123, 23-15-125, 23-15-127, 23-15-129, 23-15-137, 23-15-165, 23-15-299, 23-15-359, 23-15-625, 23-15-629, 23-15-631, 23-15-639 AND 23-15-641, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE CERTAIN TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO MISSISSIPPI'S ELECTION LAWS; TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STATEWIDE CENTRALIZED VOTER SYSTEM TO THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TO FULLY INCORPORATE THE SYSTEM INTO THE PROCESS OF REGISTERING VOTERS; TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM IN MUNICIPALITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE PROVIDED WITH A MAIL-IN VOTER APPLICATION; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER OF A VOTER MUST BE THE VOTER'S DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OR THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL RECORDS PERTAINING TO VOTER REGISTRATION SHALL BE STORED IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT IN THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TO PROVIDE THAT VOTER APPLICATIONS SCANNED INTO THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SHALL BE A LEGAL DOCUMENT OF VOTER REGISTRATION; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF A MUNICIPAL ELECTION COMMISSION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION SHALL REVISE THE PRIMARY ELECTION POLLBOOKS OF THE MUNICIPALITY; TO REMOVE THE REPEAL DATE ON THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT AUTHORIZES MUNICIPALITIES TO CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FOR PREPARATION OF MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION BOOKS AND POLLBOOKS; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE IS HELD; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS BE PRINTED WITH SEQUENTIAL NUMBERS APPEARING ON THE APPLICATION AND THE CORRESPONDING PERFORATED STUB; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE REGISTRAR FILE AN AFFIDAVIT STATING THE NUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM THE PRINTER; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE REGISTRAR KEEP A PERMANENT LEDGER FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS AND THE PERSONS TO WHOM THE APPLICATIONS WERE GIVEN; TO PROVIDE THAT AN APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY A PERSON WHO IS PERMANENTLY PHYSICALLY DISABLED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT FROM A PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER STATING THAT THE PERSON IS PERMANENTLY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO VOTE IN PERSON; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING AND COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN ELECTIONS CONDUCTED WITH DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-114 AND 23-15-131, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF AN AUTOMATED VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE REGISTRAR AND PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF POLLBOOKS AND REGISTRATION BOOKS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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