Senate Bill 2258

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A CIRCUIT JUDGE TO RESTORE TO A DEFENDANT THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Any person who has lost the right of suffrage by reason of conviction of crime and has not been pardoned therefrom may apply to the circuit court of the county in which he was convicted or of the county in which he resides for the restoration of the right of suffrage, and the court in its discretion may restore to the person the full right of suffrage as though an act had been passed by the Legislature in accordance with Section 253 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.