Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution 47 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To The Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, By Creating A New Section To Abolish Partisan Primaries; To Provide The Time For Holding Preferential And General Elections; To Provide That When Only One Person Has Qualified As A Candidate For An Office, Such Person's Name Shall Be Placed On The General Election Ballot; To Provide That A Preferential Election Shall Be Held Three Weeks Before The General Election And The Candidate Who Receives A Majority Of The Votes Cast For Such Office Shall Have His Name And His Name Only Placed On The General Election Ballot; To Provide That When No Candidate Receives A Majority Of The Votes Cast In The Preferential Election For An Office, That The Two Candidates Who Receive The Highest Number Of Votes In The Preferential Election Shall Have Their Names Placed On The General Election Ballot As Candidates For Such Office; To Require The Legislature To Provide For Nonpartisan Preferential Municipal Elections By General Law; And For Related Purposes.

Constitution; amend to require open primaries.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Rules;Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HC/HC0047.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HC/HC0047IN.htm