Bill > HB4002

This bill restores the right to vote (suffrage) to Janice Johnson-Ball of Harrison County, Mississippi, following her previous criminal convictions that had disqualified her from voting. Specifically, Johnson-Ball was convicted of manslaughter in 1993 and received a 12-year sentence in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, which she was released from in 1998. She was subsequently sentenced for false pretense in 2001 and placed on 36 months of supervised probation, which she completed in 2004. The bill notes that since her legal troubles, she has conducted herself as a law-abiding citizen. By passing this legislation, the Mississippi Legislature is specifically granting Johnson-Ball the ability to vote again, effectively removing the legal barriers to her electoral participation that were imposed by her prior criminal convictions. The bill would take effect immediately upon its passage.

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