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MS HB62
Bill
Status
2/23/2016
Primary Sponsor
John Hines
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AI Summary
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Requires each public high school to include at least one-half hour of voter education within the United States government class curriculum.
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Voter education instruction must cover voter registration, electronic voting machine operation, election commissioner roles and duties, and Secretary of State certification of election returns.
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Allows the State Department of Education to require instruction on additional voting-related issues beyond those specified.
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Codifies this requirement as a separate code section in Chapter 13, Title 37 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
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Effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. government course.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/23/2016