Senate Bill 3062 Summary

• Authorizes all duly qualified electors in Mississippi to vote by absentee ballot in person for the 2020 general election due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Removes notary public requirements for mail-in absentee ballot applications and ballots, replacing sworn affidavits with voter certifications.

• Allows any person 18 years of age or older to serve as an attesting witness for absentee ballots, eliminating the prior requirement that witnesses be officers authorized to administer oaths.

• Modifies absentee ballot application forms to reference health concerns related to COVID-19 instead of requiring physician-imposed quarantine documentation.

• Changes ballot envelope language from "swear" to "certify" throughout absentee voting procedures to reflect the removal of notarization requirements.