l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Concurrent Resolution 7

Constitution; amend to require preferential elections with no party affiliation.

Died in committee in the House, on January 30, 2018.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 BY CREATING A NEW SECTION TO ABOLISH PARTISAN PRIMARIES AND REPEALING SECTIONS 140, 141, 143 AND 247; TO PROVIDE THE TIME FOR HOLDING PREFERENTIAL AND GENERAL ELECTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN ONLY ONE PERSON HAS QUALIFIED AS A CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE, SUCH PERSON'S NAME SHALL BE PLACED ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST FOR SUCH OFFICE IN THE PREFERENTIAL ELECTIONS, AND NAME ONLY, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE PREFERENTIAL ELECTION FOR AN OFFICE, THE NAMES OF THE TWO CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE PREFERENTIAL ELECTION SHALL BE PLACED ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT AS CANDIDATES FOR SUCH OFFICE; TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT GENERAL LAWS FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; 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 House of Representatives

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 House of Representatives Jan 3 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committees on Constitution and on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Constitution;Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives