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This bill restores the right to vote (suffrage) to Omar Travis of Hinds County, Mississippi, who had previously lost his voting rights due to multiple criminal convictions. Specifically, Travis was disqualified as an elector following a 1991 burglary conviction in Hinds County, for which he was sentenced to five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He subsequently received additional criminal convictions: an out-of-state burglary in 2009 resulting in probation, and a receiving stolen property conviction in Rankin County in 2016 that led to a ten-year sentence. Travis was paroled in February 2018 and discharged from probation in February 2021. The bill notes that since these convictions, Travis has conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen. The legislation would fully and completely restore his right to vote, allowing him to participate in elections again. The bill would take effect immediately upon its passage.

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