Absentee ballots; authorize executive committees to process for primary elections.

HB 37 amends Mississippi election law to require county or municipal executive committees (not resolution boards) to review and process damaged, defective, blank, or overvoted absentee ballots in primary elections. The bill specifies that these committees must verify voter intent for ambiguous ballots, create duplicates for counting, and follow detailed procedures for handling rejected ballots. It directly affects local election officials managing primary elections by changing the entity responsible for ballot review. The bill focuses on procedural improvements to ensure consistent handling of absentee ballots that cannot be processed by voting machines.