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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2664

Primary and general elections; revise absentee ballot timely casting procedures.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-637, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MAIL-IN ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAN BE ACCEPTED IN THE CIRCUIT CLERK'S OFFICE UP TO FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION AND THE ENVELOP MUST BE POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN THE DAY OF THE ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-715, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS AND RUNOFF BALLOTS SHALL BE MAILED TOGETHER BY THE CLERK; 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

1 co-sponsor

Jeff Tate

Its course

February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

ElectionsFeb 17 to Mar 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 Feb 17 – Mar 3

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