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This bill amends Mississippi law to clarify that when voters present a driver's license for identification purposes at the polls, only a current and valid Mississippi driver's license will be accepted, explicitly excluding driver's licenses issued by other states. This change is part of existing requirements for voters to present photo identification to poll managers or registrars before being allowed to vote, with a list of other acceptable forms of identification remaining in place, such as passports, military IDs, and state-issued identification cards. The bill also specifies that "valid" identification means a government document that establishes identity and has an expiration date no more than ten years prior to its presentation, and it reiterates provisions for affidavit ballots for those without proper ID or with religious objections to being photographed.

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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1251.xml