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Read. Follow. Verify.Mississippi Senate Bill 2349 raises minimum fines and prison terms for vote fraud
Last action · February 3, 2026: 02/03 (S) Died In CommitteeSponsor: Mike Seymour
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 2349 increases penalties for vote fraud to a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 and at least one year in the state , taking effect July 1, 2026. The legislation also prohibits paying ballot assistants based on the number of voters they help.
Convicted individuals face stiffer financial penalties and mandatory state prison time rather than potential county jail sentences, while persons compensating ballot assistants are barred from tying pay to the volume of ballots cast.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Individuals convicted of vote fraud
Subject to increased minimum financial penalties and mandatory state penitentiary imprisonment terms.
Persons compensating ballot assistants
Prohibited from tying assistant compensation to the volume of absentee ballots cast or voters assisted, under threat of fines and imprisonment.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 3, 2026Senate02/03 (S) Died In Committee
- Jan 19, 2026SenateCommittee01/19 (S) Referred To Elections
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0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
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