Mississippi House Bill 297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on June 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-06-09 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-637, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That All Absentee Ballots Cast In The Office Of The Registrar May Be Cast On Either A Direct Recording Electronic Voting System Or On A Ballot That Is Fed Through An Optical Mark Reading Equipment Machine; To Provide That The Voting System Used Shall Be Sealed At The Close Of Each Business Day And Shall Remain Sealed Until The Beginning Of The Next Business Day; To Provide That All Votes Cast By Absentee Ballot Shall Be Final; To Provide That No Person Who Votes Absentee Before The Election Shall Be Allowed To Vote In Person On Election Day; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations; To Provide That Absentee Ballots Received By Mail Must Be Post Marked By The Date Of The Election And Received By The Registrar No More Than Five Business Days After The Election; To Amend Section 23-15-645, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Absentee Votes Cast In The Registrar's Office Shall Be Tallied On Election Day And Announced Simultaneously With All Other Votes Cast On Election Day; To Amend Section 23-15-649, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That, For All Elections, The Election Officials Shall Prepare Either Official Ballots For The Direct Recording Electronic Voting System Or Official Ballots To Be Fed Through The Optical Mark Reading Equipment; To Amend Sections 23-15-715 And 23-15-719, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Process By Which An Absent Elector Applies To Vote Absentee; To Provide The Process For An Absentee Voter To Vote Absentee By Mail; To Amend Sections 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-629, 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-647, 23-15-713, 23-15-721, 23-15-731 And 23-15-735, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Absentee voting; require votes to be cast electronically in registrar's office or by mail.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Jansen Owen [R]

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

2020-03-10 - House - House Passed (Y: 87 N: 32 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-09	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-05-12	Senate	Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2020-03-12	House	Transmitted To Senate
2020-03-10	House	Passed
2020-03-10	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2020-02-27	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2020-01-28	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0297.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0297IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0297CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0297PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HB0297_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/0640029.pdf