Mississippi Senate Bill 2343 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-423, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Runoff Elections From The Provision That Requires The Officials In Charge Of The Election To Utilize At Least 75% Of All The Voting Machines Available To The County Or Municipality In Each Primary And General Election Conducted Utilizing Those Machines; To Amend Section 23-15-513, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Runoff Elections From The Provision That Requires The Number Of Ballots That The Officials In Charge Of The Election Must Print In General And Primary Elections Conducted Utilizing Optical Mark Reading Systems Shall Be Equal To Not Less Than 75% Of The Registered Voters Eligible To Vote In The Election; To Amend Section 23-15-531.6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Runoff Elections From The Provision That Requires The Officials In Charge Of The Election To Utilize At Least 75% Of All Of The Direct Recording Electronic Voting Equipment Units Available To The County Or Municipality In Each Primary And General Election Conducted Utilizing Those Units; And For Related Purposes.

Elections; exclude runoffs from provisions requiring a certain number of machines to be used or a certain number of ballots printed.

Sen. Terry Burton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-01-17	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2343.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2343IN.htm