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MS HB1016

Bill

Status

Failed

6/9/2020

Primary Sponsor

Zakiya Summers

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires preservation of protested, void, wholly blank ballots, unused ballot packages, and all absentee and military ballots for 22 months after federal, presidential, general, special, or primary elections.

  • Requires retention of the same ballot materials for 4 months after all other statewide, county, or municipal elections, with option to destroy afterward if a certificate documenting election district data and ballot numbers is filed.

  • Mandates that a certificate identifying the election district and ballot counts must accompany the retained ballots for the remainder of the two-year retention period.

  • Effective date: July 1, 2020.

Legislative Description

Unused ballots; provide for the retention and destruction of.

Last Action

Died In Committee

6/9/2020

Committee Referrals

Elections5/11/2020
Apportionment and Elections2/14/2020

Full Bill Text

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