l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2507

Ballot boxes; penalize circuit/municipal clerks who refuse full examination of by candidate or executive committee.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-597, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CIRCUIT OR MUNICIPAL CLERKS WHO DO NOT PERFORM THE DUTIES OF AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN A PRIMARY ELECTION TO PROVIDE A FULL EXAMINATION OF THE BALLOT BOX AND ITS CONTENTS BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CIRCUIT OR MUNICIPAL CLERK WHO REFUSES A FULL EXAMINATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A CRIME; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-911, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CIRCUIT CLERK OR DEPUTY CLERK WHO REFUSES A FULL EXAMINATION OF THE BALLOT BOX AND ITS CONTENTS BY A CANDIDATE OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A CRIME; 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 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.

In the Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Elections
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Judiciary, Division B;ElectionsSenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate