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This concurrent resolution proposes an amendment to Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 to modify the list of crimes that can cause a person to lose their voting rights (disenfranchising crimes). Specifically, the resolution would add human trafficking, sexual battery, child exploitation, and commercial sexual activity to the list of crimes that disqualify an individual from voting, while simultaneously removing bribery, theft, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, and bigamy from the list of disenfranchising offenses. The proposed constitutional amendment would take effect on July 1, 2025, and is scheduled to be submitted to voters for approval during the November 2026 election. If approved, this change would impact who is eligible to vote in Mississippi by expanding and contracting the types of criminal convictions that can result in the loss of voting rights, effectively altering the state's voter qualification standards.

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