Mississippi Senate Bill 2479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-911, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For The Examination Of Ballot Boxes And Other Election Records; To Amend Sections 23-15-921 And 23-15-923, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Candidate Must File A Petition To Contest An Election Within A Certain Number Of Days After Certification Of The Election Results By The County Or State Executive Committee; To Amend Section 23-15-591, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Marked Pollbook Be Included In The Ballot Box; And For Related Purposes.

Elections; revise procedure for examining certain records and for filing certain election contests.

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	Senate	Referred To Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2479.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2479IN.htm