MS SB2008

Reduces the deadline for voters without acceptable photo identification to present ID or execute a religious exemption affidavit from five days to three business days after the election.

Applies the three-day deadline to both circuit/county clerk offices and municipal clerk offices for their respective elections.

Allows affidavit ballots to be counted if voters present acceptable photo ID, obtain a Mississippi Voter Identification Card, or execute an Affidavit of Religious Objection within the three-business-day period.

Maintains existing acceptable forms of identification including driver's licenses, state ID cards, U.S. passports, military IDs, tribal IDs, student IDs, and Mississippi voter ID cards.

Takes effect July 1, 2024.