Bill > HB1938

This bill restores voting rights (suffrage) to Tameral Hearn Johnson of DeSoto County, Mississippi, who previously lost her right to vote due to a 2015 embezzlement conviction. Specifically, Johnson was convicted on May 27, 2015, and sentenced to one year in the Intensive Supervision Program under the Mississippi Department of Corrections, followed by five years of probation. She was released to probation on December 22, 2015, and completed her probation on December 20, 2020. The bill notes that since her conviction, Johnson has conducted herself as a law-abiding citizen. In Mississippi, certain criminal convictions can result in the loss of voting rights, and this individual bill is a specific mechanism to restore those rights to a particular person after they have completed their sentence and demonstrated rehabilitation. The bill will take effect immediately upon passage.

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