l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2385

Absentee ballot; require placement in unmarked envelope to ensure ballot secrecy.

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 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-639, 23-15-719 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS BE PLACED IN AN UNMARKED ENVELOPE INSIDE THE ENVELOPE UPON WHICH THE REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS ARE PRINTED IN ORDER TO ENSURE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT; TO REVISE THE PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO CONFORM TO THIS REQUIREMENT; 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