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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1244

Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A VOTER WAS NOT A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH HE OR SHE TRIED TO VOTE BUT WAS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION AND IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE HE OR SHE TRIED TO VOTE, THE VOTER'S AFFIDAVIT BALLOT SHALL BE USED AS HIS OR HER REGISTRATION TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CASTING OF A VALID AFFIDAVIT BALLOT MAY SERVE AS A WRITTEN REQUEST TO TRANSFER VOTING PRECINCTS OR WARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-152, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A VOTER WHO WAS MAILED A CONFIRMATION NOTICE AND PLACED ON INACTIVE STATUS IN THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CASTS AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT, HE OR SHE SHALL BE RETURNED TO ACTIVE STATUS IN THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; 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 House of Representatives

8 co-sponsors

Robert L. Johnson III, Orlando Paden, Zakiya Summers, Fabian Nelson, Christopher M. Bell, Bryant W. Clark, Kenji Holloway, Omeria Scott

Its course

February 15 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 15 to Mar 5 · stopped19 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 15 to Mar 5 · stopped19 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 Feb 15 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 15Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives