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MS HB455

Bill

Status

Failed

2/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Earle Banks

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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)

  • Applies the 120-day purge restriction to four separate code sections governing voter roll maintenance by county registrars and election commissioners

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Apportionment and Elections1/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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