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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2581

Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on March 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-637 AND 23-15-639, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGISTRAR SHALL KEEP ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS HE RECEIVES BY 5:00 P.M. ON THE DATE PRECEDING THE ELECTION AND DELIVER THEM TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION, IN THE CASE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS, AND DESIGNATED MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IN THE CASE OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS, BY NOT LATER THAN 9:00 P.M. ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION; TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO PREPARE A LIST OF THE PERSONS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE PRECINCT AND WHO LAWFULLY CAST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND DELIVER THE LIST TO EACH PRECINCT BEFORE THE POLLS OPEN ON ELECTION DAY; TO REQUIRE THE ELECTION MANAGERS AT EACH PRECINCT TO NOTE ALL PERSONS ON THE LIST WHO APPEARED IN PERSON AND VOTED AT THE ELECTION; TO REQUIRE THE ELECTION MANAGERS TO DELIVER THE LIST WITH NOTATIONS OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN PERSON TO THE APPROPRIATE ELECTION OFFICIALS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION OR THE DESIGNATED COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL EXAMINE THE ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPES AND BALLOTS AT A MEETING HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE NOT LATER THAN 9:00 A.M. ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION; TO REQUIRE THE REJECTION OF THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN PERSON AND FOR OTHER REASONS FOR WHICH ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE REJECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH ELECTION OFFICIALS SHALL COUNT THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND ADD THE VOTES TO THE APPROPRIATE PRECINCT TOTALS BEFORE THE VOTE IS CERTIFIED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-641, 23-15-643 AND 23-15-719, 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

2 co-sponsors

Nickey Browning, Eric Powell

Its course

January 31 to March 18, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 31 to Feb 2020 days

ElectionsJan 31 to Feb 66 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 18 · stopped27 days

AppropriationsFeb 22 to Mar 18 · stopped25 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 31 – Feb 20

  1. Jan 31Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Feb 6Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 20Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 21 – Mar 18

  1. Feb 21Sent to the House
  2. Feb 22Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  3. Mar 18Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 31Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Feb 6Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 20PassedSenate
  4. Feb 21Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 22Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 18Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives