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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 788

Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A VOTER WAS NOT A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH HE OR SHE TRIED TO VOTE BUT WAS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE HE OR SHE TRIED TO VOTE, THE VOTER'S AFFIDAVIT BALLOT SHALL BE USED AS HIS OR HER REGISTRATION TO VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CASTING OF A VALID AFFIDAVIT BALLOT MAY SERVE AS A WRITTEN REQUEST TO TRANSFER VOTING PRECINCTS OR WARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-152, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A VOTER WHO WAS MAILED A CONFIRMATION NOTICE AND PLACED ON INACTIVE STATUS IN THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CASTS AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT, HE OR SHE SHALL BE RETURNED TO ACTIVE STATUS IN THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

24 co-sponsors

Gregory Holloway, Sr., Cheikh Taylor, Oscar Denton, Cedric Burnett, Tamarra Butler-Washington, Bryant W. Clark, Ronnie C. Crudup, Gregory Elliott, John G. Faulkner, Stephanie Foster, Justis Gibbs, John W. Hines, Sr., Lataisha Jackson, Robert L. Johnson III, Carl Mickens, Fabian Nelson, Solomon C. Osborne, Jansen Owen, Daryl Porter, Robert L. Sanders, Kenji Holloway, Zakiya Summers, Otis Anthony, Omeria Scott

Its course

January 16 to March 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 419 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 226 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

ElectionsFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 4

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 4Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 22Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Referred To ElectionsSenate
  7. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate