Mississippi House Bill 861 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "nonpartisan County And Municipal Elections Act"; To Provide That County And Municipal Offices Shall Be Nonpartisan; To Provide Definitions For Such Act; To Provide When A Candidate Shall File Their Intent And The Amount Of Fees Applicable For Such Office; To Provide How The Names Of The Candidates Shall Be Grouped On A Ballot; To Provide The Procedure When Two Or More Candidates Qualify For County Or Municipal Office; To Provide That The Office Of Election Commissioner Shall Be A Nonpartisan Office; To Amend Section 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove County Offices From Fee Requirements For Party Nomination; To Amend Section 23-15-299, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Amend Section 21-7-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Provision Of Law That Provides For The Party Nomination Of A Mayor; To Amend Sections 23-15-291, 23-15-153, 23-15-367, 23-15-411, 23-15-713, 23-15-801, 23-15-213, 37-5-61, 21-8-7, 21-15-1, 23-15-21, 23-15-31, 23-15-173, 23-15-313, 23-15-465, 23-15-507, 23-15-559, 23-15-885, 23-15-409, 23-15-511, 23-15-673 And 23-15-911, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Repeal Section 23-15-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Procedure For Municipal Primary Elections; And For Related Purposes.

County and municipal elections; require to be nonpartisan.

Rep. Jay Hughes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Judiciary A;Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0861.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0861IN.htm