HB 1409

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.