Bill Text: MS SB2398 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Poll managers; remove limitation on number which may be appointed by local election commissioners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-06-17 - Died On Calendar [SB2398 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-SB2398-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Elections
By: Senator(s) Branning, Tate
Senate Bill 2398
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-235, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF POLL MANAGERS WHICH MAY BE APPOINTED BY LOCAL ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-235, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-235. In addition to
the poll managers appointed pursuant to Section 23-15-231, for the first five
hundred (500) registered voters in each voting precinct, the election
commissioners may, in their discretion, appoint not more than three (3) persons
to serve as poll managers of the election. The election commissioners may, in
their discretion, appoint * * *three (3) an additional number of persons to
serve as poll managers for each one thousand (1,000) registered voters or fraction
thereof in each voting precinct above the first five hundred (500), * * * as determined necessary by the elections commissioners
and approved by the board of supervisors. Any person appointed as poll
manager shall be a qualified elector of the county in which the voting precinct
is located.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.
