Resolution board; revise time allowed to count certain absentee ballots.

HB 23 revises deadlines for election officials to count absentee ballots in Mississippi. It requires resolution boards to count all absentee ballots received before 7:00 p.m. the day before an election by the time polls open, and to process ballots received after that deadline but before the fifth business day after the election by 5:00 p.m. on the sixth business day. The bill also mandates that officials post vote totals for absentee ballots after counting. This directly affects election officials handling absentee ballots and ensures voters who submit absentee ballots receive timely processing.