HB 1409
DOC discharge plans; require explanation of disenfranchising crimes and opportunity for certain offenders to register to vote.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 47-7-33.1, mississippi code of 1972, to require the department of corrections to include IN an offender's discharge plan information regarding whether the offender was convicted of a disenfranchising crime; To require the department to provide an offender, who has not registered to vote, with a mail-in voter registration application to provide the offender with an opportunity to become a registered voter within this state under certain circumstances; To amend section 23-15-47, mississippi code of 1972, to require the secretary of state to provide the department of corrections with mail-in voter registration applications which may be provided to certain offenders who will be returning to the community; And for related purposes.
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