Mississippi House Bill 535 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit A Person From Attesting To More Than 10 Absentee Ballots Per Election; To Provide That A Person Who Attests To More Than 10 Absentee Ballots Shall Be Fined $500 For Every Absentee Ballot Over The Tenth Absentee Ballot; To Provide That A Candidate, The Committee To Elect A Candidate, The Executive Committee Of A Candidate Or The Political Party Of A Candidate Is Prohibited From Giving, Providing, Sponsoring Or Otherwise Making Available Any Food Or Beverage To A Voter On The Day On Which An Election Occurs; To Amend Section 23-15-625, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Registrar To Open And Count Absentee Ballots After The Polls Have Closed And After The Ballot Boxes And Poll Books Have Been Returned To The Clerk Of The Circuit Court Of The County; To Amend Sections 23-15-639 And 23-15-247, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

Elections; revise procedures for counting absentee ballots and campaigning on election day.

Rep. Gary Chism [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-10		Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0535.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0535IN.htm