Bill > HB1400

This bill provides that a person who is otherwise a qualified elector and has been convicted of vote fraud, any crime listed in Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution, or any crime interpreted as disenfranchising in later Attorney General opinions, shall have their right to vote suspended upon conviction but shall have their right to vote automatically restored once they have satisfied all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction. The bill also requires the circuit clerk of each county to prepare and keep a list of persons convicted of such crimes, and for this list to be entered into the Statewide Elections Management System on a quarterly basis. Additionally, the bill brings forward two existing sections of the Mississippi Code related to the restoration of voting rights for certain individuals who have served honorably in the Armed Forces.