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AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  777

BY: Representative Myers

     AMEND after line 29 by inserting the following:

     "(3)  (a)  Except as provided by subsections (1) or (2) of this section, any person who has lost the right of suffrage pursuant to Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, shall have their suffrage restored automatically only when that person has fully completed all terms of prison, parole, probation, payment of restitution or community corrections and has remained crime and arrest free in the two-year period following his or her full completion of sentence, any term of prison, parole, probation or community corrections.  At such time, the person's right to vote shall be restored by operation of law.

          (b)  If a person whose suffrage has been restored under this subsection shall appear in the registrar's office to register as a qualified elector, the person's name shall be entered on the pollbooks, if the person is otherwise a qualified elector.

     AMEND further the title on line 3 by inserting the following after the semicolon:

"TO PROVIDE A METHOD FOR RESTORATION OF SUFFRAGE FOR PERSONS DISQUALIFIED BY REASONS OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS;"