Mississippi Senate Bill 2240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Office Of County Election Commissioner Shall Be A Nonpartisan Office; To Provide That Candidates Shall Not Qualify Or Campaign For Election To The Office Of Election Commissioner Based On Party Affiliation; To Provide That The Names Of Candidates For Election To The Office Of County Election Commissioner Shall Be Listed Alphabetically And Designated As Nonpartisan On Any Ballot; To Amend Section 23-15-367, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Election commissioners; revise to be a nonpartisan office.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-15	Senate	Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2240.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2240IN.htm