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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION 2015
By:
To: Apportionment and Elections
Representative Denny
HOUSE BILL NO.
933
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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-1081, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY SHALL BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN MARCH; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-1083 AND 23-15-1055, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
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SECTION 1.
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amended as follows:
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23-15-1081.
Section 23-15-1081, Mississippi Code of 1972, is
A presidential preference primary may be held on
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the * * * first Tuesday in March of each year in which a President
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of the United States is to be elected.
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has cast for its candidates for President and Vice President in
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the previous presidential election more than twenty percent (20%)
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of the total vote cast for President and Vice President in the
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state, may conduct a presidential preference primary.
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shall vote in the primary of more than one (1) political party in
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the same presidential preference primary.
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SECTION 2.
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amended as follows: H. B. No. 933 15/HR40/R1024 PAGE 1 (GT\BD)
Each political party which
No elector
Section 23-15-1083, Mississippi Code of 1972, is
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23-15-1083.
Beginning in 1988, as an alternative to the
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congressional primary election date set forth in Section
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23-15-1031, when a political party elects to conduct a
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presidential preference primary, the first primary election for
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congressmen, and senators, if senators are to be elected, shall be
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held on the * * * first Tuesday in March, and the second primary,
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when one is necessary, shall be held three (3) weeks thereafter,
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and the election shall be held in all districts of the state on
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the same day.
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SECTION 3.
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amended as follows:
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23-15-1055.
Section 23-15-1055, Mississippi Code of 1972, is
The state executive committee of each political
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party shall determine the method and procedures by which delegates
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and delegate alternates to the national nominating conventions are
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to be selected as well as adopt any other rule not inconsistent
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with this chapter.
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party shall establish, at least ninety (90) days prior to
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the * * * first Tuesday in March in years in which a presidential
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election is held, procedures to be followed in the nomination of
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candidates for delegates and delegate alternates to the nominating
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convention of the political party.
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regulation adopted by the state executive committee shall be sent
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to the Secretary of State within seven (7) days after its adoption
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to become a public record.
H. B. No. 933 15/HR40/R1024 PAGE 2 (GT\BD)
The state executive committee of the political
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SECTION 4.
This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after July 1, 2015.
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