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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2353

Commissioners of election; modify the manner in which persons qualify as candidates for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONER MUST QUALIFY BY FILING WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS A PETITION CONTAINING FIFTY SIGNATURES OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE SUPERVISORS DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY RESIDE; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONER A PERSON MUST ONLY FILE A STATEMENT REQUESTING THAT THEY BE A CANDIDATE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; 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

February 13 to March 6, 2012, 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 SenateFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 days

ElectionsFeb 13 to Mar 6 · stopped22 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 Feb 13 – Mar 6

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