MS HB1526

Suspends voting rights upon conviction of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy, with restoration only after satisfying all sentencing requirements.

Modifies voter registration procedures to remove names from the Statewide Elections Management System upon conviction of disenfranchising crimes and restore them once sentencing requirements are satisfied.

Updates election commissioner duties to track convictions causing voting rights suspension and restore voting eligibility when sentencing requirements are completed.

Retains existing law allowing honorable military service veterans to have voting rights restored regardless of prior disenfranchising convictions (for WWI and WWII service periods).

Effective date contingent on Secretary of State certification of passage of a related constitutional amendment proposed in House Concurrent Resolution.