Mississippi House Bill 541 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 23-15-309, 23-15-171 And 23-15-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If After The Deadline To Qualify As A Candidate For An Office, Only One Person Has Duly Qualified To Be A Candidate For An Office In The Municipal Primary Election, The Proper Municipal Executive Committee Shall Place The Name Of That Person On The Municipal Primary Election Ballot; To Provide That If Not More Than One Person Has Duly Qualified To Be A Candidate For Each Office On The Primary Election Ballot, The Election For All Offices On The Ballot Shall Be Dispensed With And The Municipal Executive Committee Shall Declare Each Candidate As The Party Nominee If The Candidate Meets All The Qualifications To Hold The Office; To Provide That After The Municipal Primary Election, The Proper Municipal Executive Committee Shall Declare The Unopposed Person To Be The Party Nominee For That Office; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-361 And 23-15-857, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Municipal primary elections; revise procedure for nominating candidates during when only one candidate qualifies.

Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-12	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	171	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	305	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	309	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	361	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	857	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0541.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0541IN.htm