MS HB1387

Requires judicial candidates for circuit courts, chancery courts, and county courts to be qualified electors (registered voters) in the district or county where they seek election, in addition to existing residency requirements

Amends Mississippi Code Sections 9-1-23, 9-5-1, and 9-7-1 to add the qualified elector requirement for Supreme Court, circuit court, county court, chancery court, and Court of Appeals judges

Candidates for chancellor or circuit judge in districts divided into subdistricts must be qualified electors of both the district and the applicable subdistrict

Requires submission to the U.S. Attorney General or U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Takes effect only after receiving federal preclearance under the Voting Rights Act