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MS SB2058

Bill

Status

Failed

3/1/2011

Primary Sponsor

Terry Burton

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 23-15-541 to clarify that curbside voting for physically disabled persons may only occur on election day, not during early voting or other times.

  • Authorizes poll managers to allow disabled voters arriving by motor vehicle to vote curbside while polls are open (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.), with two or more managers bringing the pollbook, receipt book, and ballot to the vehicle.

  • Requires initialing manager approval of paper ballots cast curbside and mandates marking the pollbook "voted" by the elector's name before the ballot is placed in the ballot box.

  • Mandates that if fewer than three managers remain in the polling place during curbside voting, all voting at the polls must stop until managers return to maintain a minimum of three managers on site.

  • Requires submission to the U.S. Attorney General or U.S. District Court for District of Columbia for Voting Rights Act compliance, with effectiveness contingent on Section 5 clearance of the Voting Rights Act.

Legislative Description

Curbside voting; make it clear that it is authorized only on the day of the election.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/1/2011

Full Bill Text

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