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Suffrage; restore to Mary Wayne Prater of Oktibbeha County., the official text

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2026 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Taylor

House Bill 4118

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO MARY WAYNE PRATER
OF OKTIBBEHA 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 Mary Wayne Prater of
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector as a result
of her conviction for the crime of False Pretense in Oktibbeha County,
Mississippi, for which she was sentenced on October 29, 2002, to serve sixty
(60) months probation under the supervision of the
Mississippi Department of Corrections.  She violated probation; it was
revoked and she was sentenced to one (1) year of House Arrest and two (2) years
probation under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
She was discharged from House Arrest on May 5, 2005, then violated probation
and it was revoked.  She was sentenced on January 25, 2007, in Oktibbeha
County, Mississippi, to serve two (2) years in the custody of the Mississippi
Department of Corrections.

She was released on
September 10, 2007, and discharged on May 12, 2008.  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.
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