"Motor Voter Registration Act"; create.

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To: Elections
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Blackmon

SENATE BILL NO. 2055

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MOTOR VOTER REGISTRATION ACT"; TO 1
AUTHORIZE ANY PERSON WHO IS QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE 2
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO REGISTER TO VOTE WHEN THAT PERSON APPLIES 3
FOR THE ISSUANCE, RENEWAL OR CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE 4
DRIVER'S LICENSE OR OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO REQUIRE THE 5
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO OBTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM A 6
PERSON WHO DESIRES TO REGISTER TO VOTE WHILE APPLYING FOR THE 7
ISSUANCE, RENEWAL OR CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S 8
LICENSE OR OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO PROVIDE AN OPT-OUT 9
PROCEDURE FOR PERSONS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE WHILE 10
APPLYING FOR THE ISSUANCE, RENEWAL OR CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF A MOTOR 11
VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO 12
PROVIDE FOR THE FORWARDING OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS TO 13
THE PERSON'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11, 14
23-15-33, 23-15-35, 23-15-39, 23-15-41, 23-15-79, 23-15-95 AND 15
63-1-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED 16
PURPOSES. 17
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 18
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the 19
"Motor Voter Registration Act." 20
SECTION 2. (1) Any person who is qualified to register to 21
vote in the State of Mississippi may register to vote when that 22
person applies for the issuance, renewal or change of address of a 23
motor vehicle driver's license or official identification card in 24
the manner prescribed in this section. 25
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(2) The Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall, with 26
the support of the Secretary of State, obtain, as an integral and 27
simultaneous part of every process of application for the 28
issuance, renewal or change of address of a motor vehicle driver's 29
license or official identification card pursuant to Sections 30
45-35-1 through 45-35-67, the following information from each 31
applicant: 32
(a) Full name, including first, middle, last and any 33
premarital names; 34
(b) Date of birth; 35
(c) Residence address and mailing address, if 36
different; 37
(d) The applicant's electronic signature; 38
(e) Telephone number, if available; 39
(f) Email address, if available; 40
(g) Driver's license number and last four (4) digits of 41
social security number; 42
(h) A written statement made under the penalty of 43
perjury that the applicant: 44
(i) Is a citizen of the United States of America; 45
(ii) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older, or 46
will be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or before the date 47
of the general election and is duly registered to vote not less 48
than thirty (30) days before the primary election associated with 49
the general election; 50
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(iii) Has resided in this state for thirty (30) 51
days and for thirty (30) days in the county in which he or she 52
seeks to vote, and for thirty (30) days in the incorporated 53
municipality in which he or she seeks to vote; 54
(iv) Has been duly registered as an elector under 55
Section 23-15-33; and 56
(v) Has never been convicted of vote fraud or of 57
any crime listed in Section 241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890; 58
(i) Whether the applicant affirmatively declined to 59
become registered to vote during the transaction with the 60
Mississippi Department of Public Safety; 61
(j) Date of application; and 62
(k) Any other information in the rules adopted by the 63
Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the Secretary of State 64
to implement this section. 65
(3) Unless the applicant affirmatively declines to become 66
registered to vote or update his or her voter registration during 67
the transaction with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, 68
the department shall release all of the information obtained 69
pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to the Secretary of 70
State, who shall forward the information to the county registrar 71
of the applicant's county of residence to process the newly 72
registered voter or update information for the already-registered 73
voter pursuant to law. Notwithstanding any other provision of 74
law, if the applicant affirmatively declines to become registered 75
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to vote, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall release 76
the applicant's first name, middle name, last name, premarital 77
name, if applicable, complete residence address, complete date of 78
birth and electronic signature, all of which were entered in the 79
department's records for driver's license or official 80
identification card purposes, to the Secretary of State in order 81
to facilitate any future attempt of the applicant to register to 82
vote, along with the notation that the applicant affirmatively 83
declined to become registered at that time. The Mississippi 84
Department of Public Safety shall notify the applicant that by 85
submitting his or her signature, the applicant grants written 86
consent for the submission of the information obtained and 87
required to be submitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to 88
this section. 89
(4) Information regarding a person's failure to sign the 90
voter registration application is confidential and may not be used 91
for any purpose other than to determine voter registration. 92
(5) An application for voter registration submitted pursuant 93
to the provisions of this section updates a previous voter 94
registration by the applicant and authorizes the cancellation of 95
registration in any other county or state in which the applicant 96
was previously registered. 97
(6) A change of address from one (1) residence to another 98
within the same county that is submitted for driver's license or 99
official identification card purposes in accordance with 100
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applicable law serves as a notice of change of address for voter 101
registration purposes if requested by the applicant after notice 102
and written consent of the applicant. 103
(7) Completed applications for voter registration or change 104
of address for voting purposes received by the Mississippi 105
Department of Public Safety shall be forwarded to the Secretary of 106
State within five (5) days of receipt. The Secretary of State 107
shall file any forms that have not been signed by the applicant 108
and shall forward completed, signed applications to the clerk of 109
the appropriate county election commission within five (5) days of 110
receipt. 111
(8) Voter registration application forms containing voter 112
information which are returned to a driver's license office 113
unsigned shall be collected by the Mississippi Department of 114
Public Safety, submitted to the Secretary of State and maintained 115
by the Secretary of State's office according to the retention 116
policy for such records adopted by the Secretary of State. 117
(9) The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to 118
protect the confidentiality of the information obtained from the 119
Mississippi Department of Public Safety, including any information 120
otherwise required to be confidential by other provisions of the 121
law. 122
(10) A person registered to vote pursuant to this section 123
may cancel his or her voter registration at any time by any method 124
available to any other registered voter. 125
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(11) A person who attempts to register to vote pursuant to 126
this section may appeal a denial of his or her voter registration 127
as provided in this chapter. 128
(12) This section shall not be construed as requiring the 129
Mississippi Department of Public Safety to determine eligibility 130
for voter registration and voting. 131
(13) A voter registration application completed pursuant to 132
this section shall be a completed application for voter 133
registration. 134
SECTION 3. Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 135
amended as follows: 136
23-15-11. Every inhabitant of this state, except persons 137
adjudicated to be non compos mentis, who is a citizen of the 138
United States of America, eighteen (18) years old and upwards, who 139
has resided in this state for thirty (30) days and for thirty (30) 140
days in the county in which he or she seeks to vote, and for 141
thirty (30) days in the incorporated municipality in which he or 142
she seeks to vote, and who has been duly registered as an elector 143
under Section 23-15-33 or Section 2 of this act, and who has never 144
been convicted of vote fraud or of any crime listed in Section 145
241, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, shall be a qualified 146
elector in and for the county, municipality and voting precinct of 147
his or her residence, and shall be entitled to vote at any 148
election upon compliance with Section 23-15-563. If the thirtieth 149
day to register before an election falls on a Sunday or legal 150
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holiday, the registration applications submitted on the business 151
day immediately following the Sunday or legal holiday shall be 152
accepted and entered in the Statewide Elections Management System 153
for the purpose of enabling voters to vote in the next election. 154
Any person who will be eighteen (18) years of age or older on or 155
before the date of the general election and who is duly registered 156
to vote not less than thirty (30) days before the primary election 157
associated with the general election, may vote in the primary 158
election even though the person has not reached his or her 159
eighteenth birthday at the time that the person seeks to vote at 160
the primary election. No others than those specified in this 161
section shall be entitled, or shall be allowed, to vote at any 162
election. 163
SECTION 4. Section 23-15-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 164
amended as follows: 165
23-15-33. (1) Every person entitled to be registered as an 166
elector in compliance with the laws of this state and who has 167
signed his or her name on and properly completed the application 168
for registration to vote shall be registered by the county 169
registrar in the voting precinct of the residence of such person 170
through the Statewide Elections Management System. 171
(2) Every person entitled to be registered as an elector in 172
compliance with the laws of this state and who registers to vote 173
pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 shall be 174
registered by the county registrar in the voting precinct of the 175
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residence of such person through the Statewide Elections 176
Management System. 177
(3) Every person entitled to be registered as an elector in 178
compliance with the laws of this state and who registers to vote 179
pursuant to Section 2 of this act shall be registered by the 180
registrar in the voting precinct of the residence of such person 181
through the Statewide Elections Management System. 182
SECTION 5. Section 23-15-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 183
amended as follows: 184
23-15-35. (1) The clerk of the municipality shall be the 185
registrar of voters of the municipality, and shall take the oath 186
of office prescribed by Section 268 of the Constitution. The 187
municipal registration shall conform to the county registration 188
which shall be a part of the official record of registered voters 189
as contained in the Statewide Elections Management System. The 190
municipal clerk shall comply with all the provisions of law 191
regarding the registration of voters, including the use of the 192
voter registration applications used by county registrars and 193
prescribed by the Secretary of State under Sections 23-15-39 and 194
23-15-47 and under the provisions of Section 2 of this act. 195
(2) The municipal clerk shall be authorized to register 196
applicants as county electors. The municipal clerk shall forward 197
notice of registration, a copy of the application for 198
registration, and any changes to the registration when they occur, 199
either by certified mail to the county registrar or by personal 200
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delivery to the county registrar provided that a numbered receipt 201
is signed by the county registrar in return for the described 202
documents. Upon receipt of the copy of the application for 203
registration or changes to the registration, and if a review of 204
the application indicates that the applicant meets all the 205
criteria necessary to qualify as a county elector, then the county 206
registrar shall make a determination of the county voting precinct 207
in which the person making the application shall be required to 208
vote. The county registrar shall send this county voting precinct 209
information by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid, to 210
the person at the address provided on the application. Any 211
mailing costs incurred by the municipal clerk or the county 212
registrar in effectuating this subsection (2) shall be paid by the 213
county board of supervisors. If a review of the copy of the 214
application for registration or changes to the registration 215
indicates that the applicant is not qualified to vote in the 216
county, the county registrar shall challenge the application. The 217
county election commissioners shall review any challenge or 218
disqualification, after having notified the applicant by certified 219
mail of the challenge or disqualification. 220
(3) The municipal clerk shall issue to the person making the 221
application a copy of the application and the county registrar 222
shall process the application in accordance with the law regarding 223
the handling of voter registration applications. 224
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(4) The receipt of a copy of the application for 225
registration sent pursuant to Section 23-15-39(3) shall be 226
sufficient to allow the applicant to be registered as an elector 227
in the municipality, provided that such application is not 228
challenged as provided for therein. 229
(5) The municipal clerk of each municipality shall provide 230
the county registrar in which the municipality is located the 231
information necessary to conform the municipal registration to the 232
county registration which shall be a part of the official record 233
of registered voters as contained in the Statewide Elections 234
Management System. If any changes to the information occur as a 235
result of redistricting, annexation or other reason, it shall be 236
the responsibility of the municipal clerk to timely provide the 237
changes to the county registrar. The location of a polling place 238
shall not be altered within sixty (60) days of any primary, 239
general, runoff or special election unless exigent circumstances 240
exist. If the governing authorities find that exigent 241
circumstances exist where a polling place needs to be altered 242
within sixty (60) days of an election, then their reasons for 243
making that decision shall be spread upon the minutes at their 244
next scheduled meeting. When the location of a polling place is 245
altered within sixty (60) days of an election, public notice of 246
the change shall be posted at city hall, the courthouse, the 247
registrar's office, the previous polling place location if it is a 248
public building, and for three (3) consecutive weeks, or each week 249
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before the election if the alteration happens within three (3) 250
weeks of the election, in a newspaper that is circulated in the 251
area. 252
SECTION 6. Section 23-15-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 253
amended as follows: 254
23-15-39. (1) Applications for registration as electors of 255
this state, which are sworn to and subscribed before the registrar 256
or deputy registrar authorized by law and which are not made by 257
mail or pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this act, shall 258
be made upon a form established by rule duly adopted by the 259
Secretary of State. 260
(2) The boards of supervisors shall make proper allowances 261
for office supplies reasonably necessitated by the registration of 262
county electors. 263
(3) If the applicant indicates on the application that he or 264
she resides within the city limits of a city or town in the county 265
of registration, the county registrar shall process the 266
application for registration or changes to the registration as 267
provided by law. 268
(4) If the applicant indicates on the application that he or 269
she has previously registered to vote in another county of this 270
state or another state, notice to the voter's previous county of 271
registration in this state shall be provided by the Statewide 272
Elections Management System. If the voter's previous place of 273
registration was in another state, notice shall be provided to the 274
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voter's previous state of residence if the Statewide Elections 275
Management System has that capability. 276
(5) The county registrar shall provide to the person making 277
the application a copy of the application upon which has been 278
written the county voting precinct and municipal voting precinct, 279
if any, in which the person shall vote. Upon entry of the voter 280
registration information into the Statewide Elections Management 281
System, the system shall assign a voter registration number to the 282
person, and the county registrar shall mail the applicant a voter 283
registration card to the mailing address provided on the 284
application. 285
(6) Any person desiring an application for registration may 286
secure an application from the registrar of the county of which he 287
or she is a resident and may take the application with him or her 288
and secure assistance in completing the application from any 289
person of the applicant's choice. It shall be the duty of all 290
registrars to furnish applications for registration to all persons 291
requesting them, and it shall likewise be the registrar's duty to 292
furnish aid and assistance in the completing of the application 293
when requested by an applicant. The application for registration 294
shall be sworn to and subscribed before the registrar or deputy 295
registrar at the municipal clerk's office, the county registrar's 296
office or any other location where the applicant is allowed to 297
register to vote. The registrar shall not charge a fee or cost to 298
the applicant for accepting the application or administering the 299
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oath or for any other duty imposed by law regarding the 300
registration of electors. 301
(7) If the person making the application is unable to read 302
or write, for reason of disability or otherwise, he or she shall 303
not be required to personally complete the application in writing 304
and execute the oath. In such cases, the registrar or deputy 305
registrar shall read the application and oath to the person and 306
the person's answers thereto shall be recorded by the registrar or 307
the registrar's deputy. The person shall be registered as an 308
elector if he or she otherwise meets the requirements to be 309
registered as an elector. The registrar shall record the 310
responses of the person and the recorded responses shall be 311
retained permanently by the registrar. The county registrar shall 312
enter the voter registration information into the Statewide 313
Elections Management System and designate the entry as an assisted 314
filing. 315
(8) The receipt of a copy of the application for 316
registration sent pursuant to Section 23-15-35(2) shall be 317
sufficient to allow the applicant to be registered as an elector 318
of this state, if the application is not challenged. 319
(9) In any case in which the corporate boundaries of a 320
municipality change, whether by annexation or redistricting, the 321
municipal clerk shall, within ten (10) days after approval of the 322
change in corporate boundaries, provide to the county registrar 323
conforming geographic data that is compatible with the Statewide 324
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Elections Management System. The data shall be developed by the 325
municipality's use of a standardized format specified by the 326
Statewide Elections Management System. The county registrar, 327
county election commissioner or other county official, who has 328
completed an annual training seminar sponsored by the Secretary of 329
State pertaining to the implementation of new boundary lines in 330
the Statewide Elections Management System and received 331
certification for that training, shall update the municipal 332
boundary information into the Statewide Elections Management 333
System. The Statewide Elections Management System updates the 334
municipal voter registration records and assigns electors to their 335
municipal voting precincts. The county registrar shall forward to 336
the municipal clerk written notification of the additions and 337
changes, and the municipal clerk shall forward to the affected 338
municipal electors written notification of the additions and 339
changes. 340
SECTION 7. Section 23-15-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 341
amended as follows: 342
23-15-41. (1) When an applicant to register to vote has 343
completed the application form as prescribed by administrative 344
rule or pursuant to Section 2 of this act, the county registrar 345
shall enter the applicant's information into the Statewide 346
Elections Management System where the applicant's status will be 347
marked as "ACTIVE," "PENDING" or "REJECTED," and the applicant 348
shall be entitled to register upon his or her request for 349
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registration made in person to the registrar, or deputy registrar 350
if a deputy registrar has been appointed. Except as otherwise 351
provided in Section 2 of this act, no person other than the 352
registrar, or a deputy registrar, shall register any applicant. 353
(2) If an applicant is not qualified to register to vote, 354
then the registrar shall enter the applicant's information into 355
the Statewide Elections Management System and mark the applicant's 356
status as "PENDING" or "REJECTED," with the specific reason or 357
reasons for that status noted. The registrar shall notify the 358
election commission of those applicants rejected. 359
SECTION 8. Section 23-15-79, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 360
amended as follows: 361
23-15-79. (1) Unless the application for registration was 362
made pursuant to Section 23-15-47 or Section 2 of this act, the 363
date of registration to vote shall be the date the application for 364
registration to vote was initially received by the registrar or, 365
if submitted by mail, the postmark date, regardless of the date on 366
which the county election commission, circuit court or Supreme 367
Court, as the case may be, makes its final determination allowing 368
the registration. 369
(2) In the case of an application for registration that has 370
been made pursuant to Section 23-15-47, the date of registration 371
to vote shall be the date the complete and legible application 372
form is received by the county registrar, or, if mailed, the 373
postmark date of the complete and legible application. 374
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(3) In the case of an application for registration that has 375
been made pursuant to Section 2 of this act, the date of 376
registration to vote shall be the date the person applying for the 377
issuance, renewal or change of address of a motor vehicle driver's 378
license or official identification card in the manner prescribed 379
in Section 2 of this act completes and signs the form. 380
SECTION 9. Section 23-15-95, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 381
amended as follows: 382
23-15-95. In addition to the penalties set forth in Section 383
23-15-93, any applicant aggrieved by any registrar * * *, 384
election commissioner or the Mississippi Department of Public 385
Safety because of their refusal or neglect to perform any of the 386
duties prescribed by this chapter regarding the registration of 387
electors may petition the chancery court of the county of the 388
registrar or election commissioner for an injunction or mandate to 389
enforce the performance of such duties and to secure to that 390
applicant the rights to which he or she may be entitled under the 391
provisions of the sections. 392
SECTION 10. Section 63-1-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 393
amended as follows: 394
63-1-19. (1) (a) Every applicant for a license or permit 395
issued pursuant to this article, or for renewal of such license or 396
permit, shall file an application for * * * the license, permit or 397
renewal, on a form provided by the Department of Public Safety, 398
with the commissioner or an official license examiner of the 399
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department. All persons not holding valid, unexpired licenses 400
issued in this state shall be required to secure an original 401
license, except those specifically exempted from licensing under 402
Section 63-1-7. In addition to the application requirements 403
provided in Section 2 of this act, the application shall state the 404
name, date of birth, the social security number of the applicant 405
unless the applicant is not a United States citizen and does not 406
possess a social security number issued by the United States 407
government, sex, race, color of eyes, color of hair, weight, 408
height and residence address, and whether or not the applicant's 409
privilege to drive has been suspended or revoked at any time, and, 410
if so, when, by whom, and for what cause, and whether any previous 411
application by him or her has been denied, and whether he or she 412
has any physical defects * * * that would interfere with his or 413
her operating a motor vehicle safely upon the highways. 414
(b) Every applicant for an original license shall show 415
proof of domicile in this state. The commissioner shall 416
promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to enforce this 417
requirement and shall prescribe the means by which an applicant 418
for an original license may show domicile in this state. Proof of 419
domicile shall not be required of applicants under eighteen (18) 420
years of age. 421
(c) Unless the applicant is not a United States citizen 422
and does not possess a social security number issued by the United 423
States government, each application or filing made under this 424
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section shall include the social security number(s) of the 425
applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64 * * *. 426
(2) No person who is illegally in the United States or 427
Mississippi shall be issued a license. The application of a 428
person who is not a United States citizen and who does not possess 429
a social security number issued by the United States government 430
shall state the name, date of birth, sex, race, color of eyes, 431
color of hair, weight, height and residence address, and whether 432
or not the applicant's privilege to drive has been suspended or 433
revoked at any time, and, if so, when, by whom, and for what 434
cause, and whether any previous application by him or her has been 435
denied, and whether he or she has any physical defects * * * that 436
would interfere with his or her operating a motor vehicle safely 437
upon the highways. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate 438
such rules and regulations as he or she deems appropriate 439
requiring additional documents, materials, information or physical 440
evidence to be provided by the applicant as may be necessary to 441
establish the identity of the applicant and that the applicant is 442
not present in the United States or the State of Mississippi 443
illegally. 444
(3) Whenever a person who has applied for or who has been 445
issued a license or permit under this article moves from the 446
address listed in the application or on the permit or license, or 447
whenever the name of a licensee changes by marriage or otherwise, 448
such person, within thirty (30) days thereafter, shall notify, in 449
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writing, the Department of Public Safety, Driver Services 450
Division, and inform the department of his or her previous address 451
and new address and of his or her former name and new name. The 452
department shall not change the name of a licensee or permittee on 453
his or her license or permit unless the applicant appears in 454
person at an office of the department and provides a certified 455
copy of his or her marriage license, court order, birth 456
certificate or divorce decree changing the licensee's or 457
permittee's name. 458
(4) (a) Any male who is at least eighteen (18) years of age 459
but less than twenty-six (26) years of age and who applies for a 460
permit or license or a renewal of a permit or license under this 461
chapter shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of 462
Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 USCS Section 463
3802, as amended. 464
(b) The department shall forward in an electronic 465
format the necessary personal information of the applicant to the 466
Selective Service System. The applicant's submission of the 467
application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either 468
has already registered with the Selective Service System or that 469
he is authorizing the department to forward to the Selective 470
Service System the necessary information for registration. The 471
commissioner shall notify the applicant on, or as a part of, the 472
application that his submission of the application will serve as 473
his consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if 474
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so required. The commissioner also shall notify any male 475
applicant under the age of eighteen (18) that he will be 476
registered upon turning age eighteen (18) as required by federal 477
law. 478
SECTION 11. Section 1 and 2 of this act shall be codified as 479
a new section in Chapter 15, Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972. 480
SECTION 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from 481
and after July 1, 2026. 482