Bill Text: MS HB1709 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Suffrage; restore to Willie E. White of Amite County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-28 - Approved by Governor [HB1709 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1709-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Cockerham

House Bill 1709

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO WILLIE EARL WHITE OF AMITE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Willie Earl White of Amite County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result of his conviction of receiving stolen property in Amite County, Mississippi, in 1988, and who has completed the penalty and any conditions imposed upon him for such conviction.  The Legislature has been reliably informed that he is now conducting himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a good and lawful manner.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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