Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2769
Voter registration; authorize person to apply online.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THIS STATE WHO POSSESS A CURRENT AND VALID MISSISSIPPI DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD TO SUBMIT VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS THROUGH A SECURE INTERNET WEBSITE ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO ALLOW PERSONS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE TO UPDATE THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION USING SUCH WEBSITE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH APPLICATIONS SHALL BE FORWARDED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPARE THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT WITH THE INFORMATION MAINTAINED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S DATABASE LISTING INDIVIDUALS WHO POSSESS A CURRENT AND VALID MISSISSIPPI DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD AND, IF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT AN ONLINE APPLICATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ELECTRONICALLY FORWARD THE APPLICATION AND CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL FORWARD THE APPLICATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE REGISTRAR OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE APPLICANT CURRENTLY RESIDES; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES BY WHICH THE COUNTY REGISTRAR SHALL PROCESS SUCH APPLICATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-39, 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 20 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 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
ElectionsFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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.