MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Judiciary B By: Representative James-Jones House Bill 1951 (As Passed the House) AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO CHARITY PAYNE OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Charity Payne of Coahoma County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector on June 23, 2003, in Tunica County for the crime of Embezzlement, for which she was sentenced to serve five (5) years within the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. She was released on June 23, 2008 due to expiration of sentence. The Legislature is informed that she has since conducted herself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a good and lawful manner. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative James-Jones
# House Bill 1951
## (As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO CHARITY PAYNE OF COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The right of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Charity Payne of Coahoma County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector on June 23, 2003, in Tunica County for the crime of Embezzlement, for which she was sentenced to serve five (5) years within the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
She was released on June 23, 2008 due to expiration of sentence. The Legislature is informed that she has since conducted herself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a good and lawful manner.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.