AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-367, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPEARANCE OF NAMES ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS SO THAT NOMINEES OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES WHOSE NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT RECEIVED AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHALL BE LISTED FIRST ALPHABETICALLY BY THE CANDIDATE'S LAST NAME, AND THEN NOMINEES OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES SHALL BE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY THE CANDIDATE'S LAST NAME QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SHALL BE LISTED NEXT ALPHABETICALLY BY THE CANDIDATE'S LAST NAME, FOLLOWED BY ANY OTHER CANDIDATES LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-361, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPEARANCE OF NAMES ON MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS SO THAT NOMINEES OF THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT POLITICAL PARTIES SHALL BE LISTED FIRST ALPHABETICALLY BY THE CANDIDATE'S LAST NAME, AND THEN NOMINEES OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES, QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SHALL BE LISTED NEXT ALPHABETICALLY BY THE CANDIDATE'S LAST NAME, FOLLOWED BY ANY OTHER CANDIDATES LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-511 AND 23-15-359, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 23-15-367, 23-15-361, 23-15-511, 23-15-359
Committee Substitute: 23-15-367, 23-15-361, 23-15-511, 23-15-359
As Passed by the House: 23-15-367, 23-15-361, 23-15-511, 23-15-359