HB 1240 Mississippi House · 2026 Regular Session

In-person absentee voting; require daily printout of total number of votes cast in circuit clerk's office by OMR equipment.

HB 1240 requires Mississippi circuit clerks to print a daily report at the close of business during in-person absentee voting, showing the total number of in-person absentee ballots cast that day using OMR equipment. This report must be made available to the public upon request. The bill directly affects local election offices (circuit clerks) and ensures transparency in absentee voting counts by mandating a public-facing daily tally. It does not change voting procedures but adds a reporting requirement for existing absentee voting operations.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026
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As Introduced Current version · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill title was updated to reflect its current status as 'As Passed the House' rather than 'As Introduced', indicating it has been approved by the House of Representatives. This change is procedural and does not alter the substantive policy content of the bill, which directs the Secretary of State to require circuit clerks to print daily reports of in-person absentee ballots cast using OMR equipment.
TECHNICAL

The bill header was updated from 'As Introduced' to 'As Passed the House', reflecting its current legislative status without changing the bill's substantive requirements or scope.

Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2026

How they voted

1220
Passed
Total votes 122
Feb 4, 2026
D Democratic40
40 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican80
80 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred To Elections
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred To Apportionment and Elections
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Noah Sanford
Noah Sanford
RRepublican
MS
90