Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2687
Runoff general election; to be held when candidates for an office receive an equal number of votes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT TIED ELECTIONS BE DECIDED BY LOT; TO AUTHORIZE A RUNOFF ELECTION WHEN CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE WHO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES ALSO RECEIVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF VOTES; TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY THOSE ELIGIBLE ELECTORS WHO DID NOT CAST A VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-601, 23-15-605 AND 23-15-607, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
ElectionsFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.