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MS SB2234

Bill

Status

Failed

10/2/2020

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Thomas

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores the right to vote to Vedo Kyles of Yazoo County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector due to felony convictions.
  • Kyles was convicted in 1995 of possession of stolen goods (two counts) and attempted armed robbery in Yazoo County.
  • Sentences included three years with two years suspended on each stolen goods count and ten years for attempted armed robbery, all to run concurrently.
  • Kyles was released to parole on September 16, 1997, and discharged from parole on February 13, 2000, and has since conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen.
  • Becomes effective upon passage.

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles.

Last Action

Died In Committee

10/2/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B1/31/2020

Full Bill Text

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