Restores the right of suffrage to Charles Covington of Lee County, Mississippi, who was previously disqualified due to criminal convictions.
Mississippi House Bill 4175 restores the right of suffrage to Charles Covington of Lee County, Mississippi. Covington was disqualified from voting due to convictions for Burglary-Residential and two counts of Arson 3rd Degree, for which he served time in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He was released on October 18, 2011, and discharged on August 3, 2012. The bill notes that Covington has since behaved as a law-abiding citizen.
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