l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2510

Elections; provide for nonpartisan election of circuit clerks.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF CIRCUIT CLERKS; TO PROVIDE THE METHOD OF QUALIFYING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK SHALL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ANY ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF CIRCUIT CLERK, ALL QUALIFIED ELECTORS SHALL BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE REGARDLESS OF THE VOTER'S PARTY AFFILIATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-297, 23-15-359 AND 23-15-367, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 30 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 30 to Feb 19 · stopped20 days

ElectionsJan 30 to Feb 19 · stopped20 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 30 – Feb 19

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published