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MS SB2200

Bill

Status

Failed

3/5/2024

Primary Sponsor

Bradford Blackmon

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Origin

Senate

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores voting rights to any person disqualified by criminal conviction upon completion of their sentence, defined as the term of incarceration, probation, and parole.

  • Amends voter qualification requirements to allow registration and voting for individuals convicted of disenfranchising crimes (vote fraud or crimes listed in Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution) once their sentence is completed.

  • Requires mail-in voter registration applications and forms to state that persons are fully qualified to register and vote after conviction of a disenfranchising offense upon sentence completion.

  • Mandates election commissioners receive training on updated databases to ensure persons are not denied registration or voting rights based on conviction of a disenfranchising offense after sentence completion, effective immediately for 2024 elections.

  • Takes effect upon passage.

Legislative Description

Suffrage; restore to any person disqualified by reason of criminal conviction upon completion of sentence.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/5/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B2/2/2024

Full Bill Text

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