Legislative panels will consider restoring some Mississippians’ voting rights
by Mississippi Today
Mississippi Today— The House earlier had passed a bill that would automatically restore suffrage to people convicted of nonviolent felonies, but it died in Senate committee without a vote.
Mississippi Today—Senate votes to restore voting rights to four people previously convicted of disenfranchising felonies. The House has 27 suffrage bills pending a vote in the full chamber.
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