Mississippi House Bill 320

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-10 - Referred To Apportionment and Elections
Pending: House Apportionment and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-523, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For General And Special Elections, All Ballots That Have Been Rejected By The Omr Equipment And That Are Damaged Or Defective, Blank Or Overvoted Will Be Reviewed By The Resolution Board, But For Primary Elections, Those Ballots Will Be Reviewed By The County Or Municipal Executive Committee, As Applicable; To Amend Section 23-15-639, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Examination And Counting Of All Absentee Ballots Shall Be Conducted By The Resolution Board In General And Special Elections And Shall Be Conducted By The County Or Municipal Executive Committee, As Appropriate, In Primary Elections; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-573 And 23-15-597, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Absentee ballots; authorize executive committees to process for primary elections.

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-10	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	523	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	573	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	597	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	639	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0320.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0320IN.htm