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2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1356

Election commissioners; require to conduct an audit of ballots in certain precincts.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-615, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE PROCEDURAL AUDIT CONDUCTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGISTRAR, SHALL MANUALLY TABULATE THE BALLOTS CAST IN THE PRECINCTS THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS CONDUCTED A PROCEDURAL AUDIT IN AND COMPARE THE RESULTS WITH THE RESULTS PRODUCED BY THE VOTING MACHINE; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A DISCREPANCY OF MORE THAN ONE PERCENT EXISTS, THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGISTRAR, SHALL COMMENCE A FULL MANUAL HAND COUNT OF BALLOTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGISTRAR SHALL PROMPTLY REPORT RESULTS OF THE MANUAL TABULATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO PROVIDE WHAT SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PUBLISH HIS REPORT AS WELL AS THE REPORT OF THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS ON HIS OFFICIAL WEBSITE; 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

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives