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MS HB1409
Bill
Status
Failed
4/7/2011
Primary Sponsor
W.T. Mayhall
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AI Summary
- Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of DeSoto County to extend the candidate qualifying deadline to June 1, 2011, for election commissioner, county board of education, constable, justice court judge, and board of supervisors offices
- Extension is conditional upon the 2010 federal decennial census not being received by the Mississippi Governor from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce by January 1, 2011
- Board must adopt the extension by order and enter it in the minutes
- Authority to extend automatically repeals on July 1, 2012
- Requires submission to the U.S. Attorney General or U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Legislative Description
DeSoto County; authorize to extend the qualifying deadline for certain offices.
Last Action
Died In Committee
4/7/2011
Full Bill Text
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