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This concurrent resolution proposes to amend Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, which outlines the qualifications for voting in Mississippi. The resolution aims to bring forward this section for potential changes, specifically focusing on the list of crimes that result in disenfranchisement, meaning the loss of the right to vote. The current Section 241 states that any inhabitant who is a U.S. citizen, 18 years or older, has resided in the state and county for a specific period, is registered to vote, and has not been convicted of certain felonies such as murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy, is a qualified elector. The resolution intends to allow for amendments to this list of disqualifying crimes, with the proposed changes to be voted on by the state's qualified electors in November 2026.

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