Mississippi House Bill 1246 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "early Voting Act"; To Provide The Times And Days On Which A Qualified Elector May Vote Early; To Require A County Registrar To Give Public Notice Of The Times And Locations Of Early Voting Sites; To Provide That A County Registrar Shall Supervise The Use Of Voting Machines During Early Voting; To Provide That A Person Who Votes Early Shall Have The Same Assistance During The Early Voting Period That Such Person Would Be Entitled To On The Day Of Election; To Provide That The County Registrar's Budget Shall Be Paid Not Less Than Minimum Wage For A Period Not To Exceed Thirty-five Days For Hiring One Extra Deputy For The Purpose Of Carrying Out The Requirements Of This Act; To Amend Section 23-15-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Officer Charged With Printing And Distributing The Official Ballot Shall Ascertain From The Registrar The Number Of Ballots To Be Distributed; To Amend Sections 23-15-195, 23-15-449, 23-15-463, 23-15-641 And 23-15-653, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Require Persons Who Appear To Vote In Person At The Registrar's Office To Identify Themselves By Presenting Certain Types Of Identification To An Election Manager Or The Registrar Before They Are Allowed To Vote; To Provide For The Issuance Of A Mississippi Voter Identification Card Free Of Charge To Qualified Electors Who Do Not Have A Valid Mississippi Driver's License Or Identification Card; To Provide That Such Card Shall Be Valid Only As Identification For Voting Purposes; To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Early Voting Act; create with voter identification.

Rep. Mark DuVall [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB1246.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1246IN.htm