Mississippi Senate Bill 2610 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 23-15-615, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Audit Election Procedures In The Counties Of This State; To Require The Registrar Of Each County To Submit Certain Totals To The Secretary Of State Within A Period Of Days After An Election; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Conduct An Audit If A Discrepancy In The Submitted Totals Meets Or Exceeds Enumerated Thresholds; To Require Random Audits; To Provide Certain Procedures For The Audit; To Create New Section 23-15-617, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Risk-limiting Audit For Elections That Occur After August 31, 2026; To Require The Election Commissioners In Conjunction With The Registrars To Conduct An Audit Upon The Selection Of The Secretary Of State; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Set Certain Risk-limiting Thresholds; To Require A Manual Recount Of An Election In The Event Of A Difference Between The Tabulation From The Manual Recount And The Tabulation Reported From A Voting System; To Provide Procedures For The Risk-limiting Audit; To Define The Term "auditable Voting System"; To Provide Which Record Is The Official Record Of The Vote Cast In The Event Of A Risk-limiting Audit; To Authorize A Pilot Program For At Least Five Counties Beginning With The Election Taking Place On November 8, 2022; To Amend Sections 23-15-153 And 23-15-603, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Section 23-15-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision That Requires Certain Election Officials To Report Residual Votes To The Secretary Of State; And For Related Purposes.

Election procedures; authorize audits.

Sen. Jeff Tate [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	153	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	603	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	613	Repealed Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2610.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2610IN.htm