Mississippi Regulations § 1-17-2.1 Absentee Ballot Cast

For the purposes of this Chapter, an absentee ballot is the final vote of a voter when, during absentee ballot processing by the Resolution Board, the ballot is marked accepted. A rejected ballot is not a final vote, and should a ballot be rejected or a mailed absentee ballot not timely received, and that voter cast an affidavit ballot in the precinct on election day, the affidavit ballot may be counted if found legal. An affidavit ballot cast by a voter whose absentee ballot was accepted by the Resolution Board should be rejected, as the voter had already cast his/her final vote