Mississippi House Bill 572 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide For A Statewide Special Election For The Purpose Of Conducting A Referendum On The Question Of Conducting Open Primaries In The State Of Mississippi; To Allow The Electorate To Vote "yes" Or "no" On The Question; To Require The Secretary Of State To Provide Such Ballots To The Election Commissioners Of Each County; To Require Any Individual Who Makes Contributions To Or Expenditures In Support Or Opposition, In Amounts Aggregating In Excess Of Two Hundred Dollars, Of The Proposition Presented To The Electorate In The Statewide Special Election On The Question Of Open Primaries In The State Of Mississippi, To File A Report; To Require The County Election Commissioners To Transmit The Results Of Such To The Secretary Of State; To Require The Secretary Of State To Tabulate The Results And Certify Such Results To The Governor; And For Related Purposes.

Open primary; authorize a nonbinding referendum on the question of.

Rep. Gary Staples [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0572.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0572IN.htm