The House voted to create a process for people previously convicted of nonviolent felony offenses to have their voting rights restored.
With bipartisan majority, House passes bill to restore voting rights to people convicted of nonviolent crimes by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today March 8, 2024 A large majority of House members voted on Thursday to approve a plan that creates a process for people previously convicted of some nonviolent felony offenses to have their voting rights restored — the first of such a vote in Mississippi in more than a decade.
Speaker White asks GOP leaders to explore restoration of voting rights to some people convicted of felonies The House measure would allow people convicted of nonviolent offenses such as bad check writing and theft to regain their suffrage if they have not been convicted of another felony for five years after completing their sentence and paying any outstanding fines.
Lawmakers consider restoring suffrage, gun rights to those convicted of some nonviolent crimesThis article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Taylor, a native of Grenada, covers state government and statewide elections. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and Holmes Community College.