Mississippi House Bill 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-541, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A Ballot Without The Genuine Initials Of The Initialing Manager Or Alternate Initialing Manager Shall Not Be Placed In The Ballot Box Or Otherwise Counted As A Vote; To Amend Section 23-15-547, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Amend Section 23-15-753, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who Falsifies The Initials Of An Initialing Manager Or Deposits Or Otherwise Counts A Ballot That Does Not Have The Initials Of The Initialing Manager Or The Alternate Initialing Manager Shall Be Guilty Of Vote Fraud; And For Related Purposes.

Uninitialed ballot; prohibit from being counted and add counting of to definition of "vote fraud."

Rep. William Denny [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-12	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0344.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0344IN.htm