l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2796

Absentee voting; authorize the registrar to notify voter of provisional rejection.

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 SECTION 23-15-641, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE REGISTRAR TO NOTIFY A VOTER OF A PROVISIONAL REJECTION OF AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BASED ON A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE SIGNATURE ON THE ABSENTEE APPLICATION AND THE ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPE; TO REQUIRE THAT IF THE REGISTRAR SENDS A NOTICE TO THE VOTER THAT THE NOTICE INFORM THE VOTER OF THE DEFICIENCY AND THE PROCESS TO CURE THE DEFICIENCY BY A CERTAIN DATE; 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 18 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

ElectionsJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2

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