Mississippi House Bill 349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-927, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Procedure For Filing An Election Contest For A Person Desiring To Contest The Election Of Another Person Returned As The Nominee Of The Party Of Any County Or County District Office Or Any Legislative, State, Congressional Or Judicial District; To Remove The Authority Of Executive Committees To Hear Election Contests For Primary Elections; To Revise The Petition That Must Be Submitted To File A Primary Election Contest; To Amend Section 23-15-929, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Circuit Clerk To Provide Notice By Email Upon The Filing Of A Petition In A Primary Election Contest; To Amend Sections 23-15-931 And 23-15-933, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Authority Of The Special Tribunal In A Primary Election Contest And Give That Decision-making Authority To The Judge Hearing The Contest; To Amend Sections 23-15-951, 23-15-263, 23-15-913 And 23-15-939, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-961, 23-15-963, 23-15-911, 23-15-937, 23-15-941 And 23-15-953, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Repeal Sections 23-15-921 And 23-15-923, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide The Process For A Person Desiring To Contest The Elections Of Another Person Returned As The Nominee Of The Party To Any County Or County District Office Or As The Nominee Of A Legislative, State, Congressional Or Judicial District; To Repeal Section 23-15-925, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows The Executive Committee To Subpoena Witnesses For A Primary Election Contest; To Repeal Section 23-15-935, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Election Commissioners To Attend The Hearings Of A Primary Election Contest; And For Related Purposes.

Election contests; revise procedures for deciding those that result after primary elections.

Rep. Cory Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-03	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0349.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0349IN.htm