MS HB119 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-365, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Requirements For Write-in Candidates To Seek Public Office In County, County District, State, State District And Federal General Elections; To Provide How A Person Must Qualify As A Write-in Candidate; To Authorize The Proper Election Commissioners To Determine Whether A Person Is Qualified To Be A Write-in Candidate; To Establish How To Cast A Vote For A Write-in Candidate; To Allow A Write-in Candidate To Withdraw His Or Her Candidacy No More Than Five Days Before The General Election; To Prohibit A Person Who Lost In A Primary Election From Qualifying As A Write-in Candidate For That Same Office; To Provide That A Person May Not Qualify As A Write-in Candidate For More Than One Office Or For An Office If He Or She Has Otherwise Qualified As A Candidate For Another Office And His Or Her Name Will Be Printed On The Official Ballot For That Office; To Provide How To Count A Ballot That Has Been Overvoted; To Provide That A Write-in Candidate Shall Have His Or Her Name Printed On The Official Ballot Of A Run-off Election If One Is Required; To Provide That The Laws Of The Mississippi Election Code Apply To Write-in Candidates In The Same Manner That They Are Applied To Other Qualified Candidates; To Amend Section 23-15-523, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-469 And 23-15-531.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Write-in candidates; authorize to run in certain general elections.

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-02-23HouseDied In Committee
2016-02-08HouseReferred To Apportionment and Elections

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