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MS SB2639

Bill

Status

Failed

2/1/2011

Primary Sponsor

Robert Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes a circuit court to restore voting rights to individuals who lost suffrage due to a criminal conviction and have not been pardoned.

  • Allows individuals to apply to the circuit court in either the county where they were convicted or the county where they reside.

  • Grants the court discretion to fully restore voting rights as if the Legislature had passed a special act under Section 253 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2011.

Legislative Description

Suffrage; authorize restoration by circuit court.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/1/2011

Full Bill Text

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