Mississippi House Bill 408 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "early Voting Act"; To Provide The Times And Days On Which A Qualified Elector May Vote Early; To Require A County Registrar To Give Public Notice Of The Times And Locations Of Early Voting Sites; To Provide That A County Registrar Shall Supervise The Use Of Voting Machines During Early Voting; To Provide That A Person Who Votes Early Shall Have The Same Assistance During The Early Voting Period That Such Person Would Be Entitled To On The Day Of Election; To Provide That The County Registrar's Budget Shall Be Paid Not Less Than Minimum Wage For A Period Not To Exceed Thirty-five Days For Hiring One Extra Deputy For The Purpose Of Carrying Out The Requirements Of This Act; To Amend Section 23-15-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Officer Charged With Printing And Distributing The Official Ballot Shall Ascertain From The Registrar The Number Of Ballots To Be Distributed; To Amend Sections 23-15-195, 23-15-449, 23-15-463, 23-15-641 And 23-15-653, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

Early Voting Act; create.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-06		Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0408.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0408IN.htm