Mississippi HC42 proposes to amend the state constitution to create a State Suffrage Restoration Panel and add human trafficking, attempted murder.
Mississippi HC42 proposes an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. It creates a State Suffrage Restoration Panel to provide an alternate method for restoring the right to vote to eligible persons disqualified by reason of any disenfranchising crime not classified as a crime of violence. The amendment also adds human trafficking, attempted murder, and sexual battery to the list of disenfranchising crimes. This change affects individuals who have been convicted of these crimes and seeks to restore their voting rights under specific conditions.
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