MS HB291

Requires candidates for President or Vice President to file copies of their federal income tax returns with the State Board of Election Commissioners no later than 50 days before the general election ballot is printed.

Candidates must provide tax returns for at least the five most recent taxable years filed with the Internal Revenue Service to have their names printed on the ballot.

Candidates must provide written consent for public disclosure of their tax returns, which the State Board will post on the Secretary of State's website within seven days of filing.

The State Board of Election Commissioners may redact confidential information from tax returns before making them public.

Amends Section 23-15-1093 to require presidential preference primary candidates to submit federal income tax returns as part of the ballot qualification process, effective July 1, 2020.