MS SB2642

Expands absentee voting eligibility to include spouses and dependents of military members, Merchant Marine, American Red Cross personnel, disabled war veterans, civilians serving abroad, and U.S. military academy students

Reduces the registration deadline for absent voters using federal postcard applications or Federal Write-In Absentee Ballots to 10 days before an election, rather than 30 days

Allows absent voters to receive absentee ballots and voting materials by mail, fax, or email, and authorizes registrars to receive voted ballots and applications electronically

Changes absentee ballot applications to cover elections through the next federal general election (previously covered two federal elections)

Removes the requirement for absent voters to have their ballots notarized or witnessed, requiring instead only completion of the federal declaration form specified in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act