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MS HB455
Bill
Status
2/5/2019
Primary Sponsor
Earle Banks
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AI Summary
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Prohibits removal of any person from the Statewide Elections Management System 120 days or fewer before any election date, regardless of disqualification reason (death, conviction of disenfranchising crime, removal from jurisdiction, or other legal cause)
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Applies the 120-day purge restriction to four separate code sections governing voter roll maintenance by county registrars and election commissioners
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Allows voter removals to continue at all other times based on conviction of voter fraud or crimes listed in Mississippi Constitution Section 241, death, non compos mentis adjudication, or loss of residency
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Maintains existing procedures for quarterly entry of convicted felon lists into the system and removal procedures required by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
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Effective July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Voter rolls; prohibit purging names from Statewide Elections Management System 120 days or less before the date of any election.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/5/2019