Voter registration and suffrage restoration; authorize upon sentence completion and five years.

HB 88 restores voting rights to Mississippi residents convicted of crimes that previously disqualified them from voting, once they complete their sentence plus five years of probation or parole. The bill automatically reinstates eligibility without requiring additional proof, mandates collaboration between the Secretary of State and Department of Corrections to update voter rolls, and requires election officials to verify eligibility through electronic systems. It directly affects people with past convictions who have met the sentence completion period, removing barriers to registration and voting. The law also prohibits denying voting rights based on past disenfranchising convictions after eligibility is met and eliminates the need for voters to provide documentation of sentence completion.