Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2501
Elections; Secure our Primaries Act.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY REGISTERED VOTERS AFFILIATED WITH A POLITICAL PARTY MAY VOTE IN THE PARTY'S PRIMARY ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT REGISTERED VOTERS NOT AFFILIATED WITH A POLITICAL PARTY MAY VOTE IN ANY NONPARTISAN ELECTION HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF A POLITICAL PARTY TO DESIGNATE ANNUALLY ANY QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTORS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE PARTY'S PRIMARY ELECTION; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PRESCRIBE BY RULE A UNIFORM STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION THAT SHALL BE USED TO DESIGNATE AN ELECTOR'S PARTY AFFILIATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-575 AND 23-15-753, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO VOTES IN A POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARY OTHER THAN THAT IN WHICH THE PERSON IS REGISTERED SHALL BE GUILTY OF VOTE FRAUD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-33, 23-15-35, 23-15-37, 23-15-39, 23-15-41 AND 23-15-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CIRCUIT AND MUNICIPAL CLERKS TO ENTER INTO THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AN ELECTOR'S PARTY AFFILIATION AS DESIGNATED ON THE ELECTOR'S UNIFORM STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.