Mississippi Senate Bill 2821 (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 Amend Section 23-15-549, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Managers Of An Election Shall Require Any Person Providing Assistance To A Voter Sign A Declaration To Provide Voter Assistance; To Provide That No Person, Other Than An Election Official, May Assist More Than 10 Voters In A Federal Election Or A State Election That Is Held Concurrently With A Federal Election; To Provide That No Candidate In Such An Election, Or A Family Member Of Such Candidate Or Poll Watcher Of Such Candidate, May Assist A Voter Unless The Voter Is A Member Of The Candidate's Family; To Amend Section 23-15-719, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Penalty For Vote Fraud; And For Related Purposes.

Voter assistance; must be given only by certain persons & require those persons to complete a form after providing such assistance.

Sen. David Parker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-02-03	Senate	DR - TSDP: EL To AC
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2821.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2821IN.htm