Bill > HB1991

This bill seeks to restore the voting rights (suffrage) to Jon E. Walker of Benton County, Mississippi, who lost his right to vote due to previous criminal convictions. Specifically, Walker was disqualified as an elector after being convicted of burglary-nonresidential in 1998, for which he received 60 months of supervised probation. He subsequently violated his probation and was sentenced to serve five years and thirty days in the Mississippi Department of Corrections for additional burglary charges. Later, in 2006, he was sentenced to four years for credit card fraud and uttering forgery. After being discharged from supervision in February 2008, the legislature has determined that Walker has since conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen. The bill aims to fully and completely restore his right to vote, effectively removing any prior legal restrictions on his electoral participation. The legislation would take effect immediately upon its passage.

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