Mississippi HB376: Mississippi Voter Protection Act; create.

What the bill says

An act to create the "mississippi voter protection act"; to create bans on voter intimidation and voter suppression; to create a voter's bill of rights and require to be posted at every polling place, to be included with every distribution of official sample ballots and to be offered to voters at polling places; to require the secretary of state to create a manual of uniform polling place procedures and adopt the manual by regulation; to bring forward sections 97-13-37 and 97-13-39, mississippi code of 1972, for the purpose of possible amendment; and for related purposes.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI VOTER PROTECTION ACT"; TO CREATE BANS ON VOTER INTIMIDATION AND VOTER SUPPRESSION; TO CREATE A VOTER'S BILL OF RIGHTS AND REQUIRE TO BE POSTED AT EVERY POLLING PLACE, TO BE INCLUDED WITH EVERY DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOTS AND TO BE OFFERED TO VOTERS AT POLLING PLACES; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CREATE A MANUAL OF UNIFORM POLLING PLACE PROCEDURES AND ADOPT THE MANUAL BY REGULATION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-13-37 AND 97-13-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Voter Protection Act." SECTION 2. (1) The Legislature finds that: (a) Mississippi has a history of voter suppression and discrimination. Recent elections have exposed serious flaws in our nation's voting systems. Across the nation, millions of registered voters who wanted to vote were turned away or discouraged from voting due to voter intimidation and suppression tactics, as well as through communications failures and mistakes. (b) In Mississippi, it is the policy to encourage as many registered voters as possible to vote and it is the policy of *HR43/R100* H. B. No. 376 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR43/R100 PAGE 1 (ENK\KP) …