l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1240

In-person absentee voting; require daily printout of total number of votes cast in circuit clerk's office by OMR equipment.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK TO CAUSE A DAILY REPORT TABULATING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IN-PERSON ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST THAT DAY TO BE PRINTED BY THE OMR EQUIPMENT AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-507 AND 23-15-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 19 to March 3, 2026, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 416 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 19 to Jan 223 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

ElectionsFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 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 19 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 22Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 17Referred To ElectionsSenate
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate