2023 Regular Session

House Bill 71

No-excuse absentee voting; authorize for any qualified voter who votes in person at the office of the registrar.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ANY QUALIFIED VOTER WHO VOTES IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL ABSENTEE VOTES CAST IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR SHALL BE CAST USING AN OPTICAL MARK READING EQUIPMENT MACHINE UNLESS THE REGISTRAR DETERMINES THAT THOSE METHODS WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE OR INEFFICIENT, IN WHICH CASE ABSENTEE PAPER BALLOTS MAY BE USED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-629, 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-637, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-643, 23-15-645, 23-15-649, 23-15-657, 23-15-713, 23-15-715, 23-15-717, 23-15-719, 23-15-721 AND 23-15-735, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 4 to January 31, 2023, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 4 to Jan 31 · stopped27 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 House of Representatives Jan 4 – Jan 31

Jan 4Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
Jan 31Died in committee in the House

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 4Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives