A Mississippi attorney general’s opinion last month on absentee voting has thrown into confusion the voting rights of individuals in jail.
The Sept. 29 opinion addressed the question of whether qualified electors held in the county of their residence in jail can select disability on their absentee ballot, saying disability and other reasons for voting absentee are decided on a case-by-case basis by local election officials. The absentee ballot application requires the person check a box stating the reason for voting absentee. Incarcerated individuals have typically checked disabled.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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