HB 1446

An act to be known as the "robert g. Clark, jr., voting rights act of mississippi"; To declare certain findings; To define certain terms; To prohibit political subdivisions and state agencies from engaging IN voter suppression; To create the mississippi voting rights commission and provide for its membership; To require the implementation of certain policies by political subdivisions to be precleared by the commission; To establish protections for limited english proficient individuals and voters with disabilities; To require the commission to establish, IN agreement with certain state universities, the mississippi voting and elections database and institute; To prohibit acts of intimidation, deception and obstruction that affect voters' right to participate IN elections; To require political subdivisions to provide advance notice of changes to election policies; To require laws and regulations of the state and political subdivisions to be liberally construed; To authorize aggrieved individuals and the attorney general to bring actions for violations under the act; And for related purposes.