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This bill restores the right to vote (suffrage) to Rondale Hughes of Hinds County, Mississippi, who was previously disqualified from voting due to a credit card fraud conviction on October 29, 2013. Hughes was originally sentenced to five years total, including one year of house arrest and four years of probation, and was discharged on October 29, 2014, after completing his sentence. The bill notes that since his conviction, Hughes has conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen. In Mississippi, certain criminal convictions can result in the loss of voting rights, and this bill is a specific, individual legislative act to reinstate those rights for this particular person. The legislation would take effect immediately upon its passage, allowing Hughes to regain his right to vote in future elections.

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