Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 1 - Secretary of State
Part 16 - Elections - Voter Photo Identification
Chapter 3 - Mississippi Voter Identification Card
Rule 1-16-3.5 - Documentation Required for Issuance of the Mississippi Voter Identification Card

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 1-16-3.5

Current through September 24, 2024

Before issuing a Mississippi Voter Identification Card, the Registrar shall require an elector to:

A. Complete and sign an application and

B. Present any one of the following forms of documentation:

1. Photo Identity Document;

2. Any documentation which sets forth the elector's full legal name, date and place of birth, including, but not limited to, a birth certificate;

3. A Social Security card;

4. A Medicare card;

5. A Medicaid card;

6. Any of the following documents, provided the document sets forth the elector's name and his or her principal residential address:
i. Utility bill issued within the past six (6) months,

ii. Bank statement issued within the past six (6) months,

iii. Paycheck issued within the past six (6) months,

iv. Government check issued within the past six (6) months, or

v. Any other government document that shows the elector's name and his or her principal residential address issued within the current calendar year including, without limitation, an IRS Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement; or

7. Mississippi Voter Registration Card.

C. If an elector cannot present any one of the forms of documentation set forth in Rule 3.5(B), the Registrar may electronically verify the elector's birth information by virtue of each Registrar's access to EVVE, free of charge to the elector. The verification of the elector's birth information by the Registrar shall provide the required identification of the elector. No additional documentation as set forth in Rule 3.5(B) shall be required of the elector.

D. A qualified, eligible elector submitting an application for the Mississippi Voter Identification Card, who is unable to read or write by reason of disability or otherwise, and who requests assistance, shall not be required to personally complete the application in writing, but shall be required to execute the oath. In such cases, the Registrar shall read the application and oath to the elector, and the elector's answers thereto shall be written by the Registrar in completion of the application, with the elector making his mark, if unable to sign his or her name upon the oath. The Registrar shall write the name of the applying elector around or adjacent to the mark and indicate that the mark is that of the applying elector.

E. The oath of an eligible elector, submitting an application for the Mississippi Voter Identification Card, who is unable to read or write by reason of disability or otherwise, who requests assistance, and who is unable to execute the oath by signing his or her name or making his or her mark, shall be completed by the Registrar on behalf of the applying elector. The Registrar shall write the elector's name in completion of the oath and indicate that the applying elector is unable to sign his or her name or make his or her mark upon the oath.

Miss. Code Ann. Sections 23-15-7(6) and 23-15-7(8).

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