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MS HC42
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/1/2011
Primary Sponsor
Earle Banks
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AI Summary
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Proposes amendments to Sections 253 and 241 of the Mississippi Constitution to automatically restore voting rights to persons convicted of a first offense of specified felonies upon completion of sentence, probation, parole, and any other conditions prescribed by the Legislature.
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Enumerated crimes include murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, and bigamy.
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Applies only to first-time convictions; persons convicted of multiple offenses remain permanently disqualified from voting.
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Scheduled for submission to qualified electors at the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2011.
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Requires submission to the Attorney General of the United States or U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Legislative Description
Constitution; automatically restore suffrage to persons convicted of certain offenses upon completing sentence and other conditions.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/1/2011