Mississippi § 23-15-159 - Repealed.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 23-15-159 — Repealed., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-15-159. Repealed.
Repealed by Laws, 2000, ch. 430, § 7, effective from and after August 11, 2000 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the repeal of this section). [Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-82 [Laws, 1983, ch. 524, §§ 1, 2; Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; En, Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 46, eff from and after January 1, 1987.] Editor’s Notes — Former § 23-15-159 required that the names of persons who have not voted in at least one election in the last four successive years be erased from the registration books and pollbooks. On August 11, 2000, the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the repeal of this section by Laws of 2000, ch. 430, § 7.
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Section 23-15-159 ("Repealed.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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