Blank space on ballots; remove and provide supplementary ballot if a candidate is removed from race after ballots are printed.
This bill requires Mississippi election officials to remove blank spaces for write-in votes on ballots and instead print supplementary ballots if a candidate dies, resigns, withdraws, or is removed after ballots are printed but before an election. It mandates that supplementary ballots must match the format of regular ballots and include the new candidate's name alongside other contenders in that race. Absentee voters who already cast ballots before the supplementary ballot is ready must be notified and offered options to return to the clerk's office or receive the ballot by mail. The change does not apply to nonpartisan judicial elections.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2026
Last action Feb 3, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
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Referred To Apportionment and Elections
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Omeria Scott
DDemocratic
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