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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-692 Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

⤴ Up to Subarticle B: Armed Services Absentee Voting Law

Statute Text

(1) An absent voter who resides outside the United States, who is a member of the United States Armed Forces or who is a family member of a member of the Armed Forces, and who is a registered voter of the State of Mississippi, may use the Federal Write-In-Absentee Ballot as provided for by 42 USCS 1973ff-2 in general, special, primary and runoff elections for local, state and federal offices.
(2) Upon receipt of a Federal Write-In-Absentee Ballot executed by a person who is a registered voter or whose information on the form is sufficient to register or update the registration of that person, the Federal Write-In-Absentee Ballot shall be considered as an absentee ballot request. Nothing in this subsection shall suspend the voter registration deadlines otherwise provided by law.

Source

Laws, 2000 , ch. 519 , § 7 ; Laws, 2010 , ch. 446 , § 4 , eff. 7/9/2010 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

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