Mississippi Senate Bill 2067 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-549, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Person Who Requires Assistance To Vote At Any Election Except A Federal Election By Reason Of Blindness, Disability Or Inability To Read Or Write Requests The Assistance Of An Election Official, He Must Be Assisted By Two Election Officials; The Voters Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Child, Or Certain Other Persons Of The Voters Choice Who Are Registered Voters; To Require Persons Who Assist Such A Voter To Be Registered Voters; To Provide That No Person, Other Than An Election Official, May Assist More Than 10 Voters In Any Election; To Provide That No Candidate In The Election, Or A Family Member Of Such Candidate Or Poll Watcher Of Such Candidate, May Assist A Voter; To Require Persons Who Assist A Voter To Complete A Declaration To Provide Voter Assistance Form; To Amend Section 23-15-719, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Form Of The Certificate Of Person Providing Voter Assistance To Persons Voting By Absentee Ballot; And For Related Purposes.

Voter assistance; require providers of assistance to complete declaration of voter assistance form.

Sen. Terry Burton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-01-12		Referred To Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/SB/SB2067.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2067IN.htm