MS SB2242

Reduces the deadline for voters who cast affidavit ballots due to lack of acceptable photo identification to present identification from five (5) days to three (3) days after the election.

Requires voters with religious objections to being photographed to execute a religious exemption affidavit within three (3) days instead of five (5) days for their ballot to be counted.

Applies the three (3) day deadline to voters obtaining a Mississippi Voter Identification Card or Temporary Mississippi Voter Identification Card after voting by affidavit ballot.

Applies the three (3) day deadline to voters executing a separate Affidavit of Religious Objection at the circuit clerk's or municipal clerk's office after voting by affidavit ballot.

Effective date: July 1, 2019.