l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2356

Absentee ballots; authorize electronic in-person voting.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-637 AND 23-15-645, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ELECTOR APPEARING IN PERSON TO VOTE ABSENTEE MAY VOTE ON EITHER A DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM OR ON A BALLOT THAT IS FED THROUGH AN OPTICAL MARK READING EQUIPMENT MACHINE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-715 AND 23-15-717, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ELECTOR WHO VOTES ABSENTEE IN PERSON SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-631, 23-15-639 AND 23-15-649 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

Its course

January 15 to February 2, 2021, 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 15 to Feb 2 · stopped18 days

ElectionsJan 15 to Feb 2 · stopped18 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 15 – Feb 2

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