General Guidelines

General Guidelines. 1. A county which opts to use EPBs in its polling places on any election day shall be solely responsible for all costs and expenses associated therewith. 2. An EPB shall contain the same voter information as that provided by paper-based pollbooks generated from the Statewide Elections Management System (SEMS) as set forth by Section 23-15-125, Miss. Code Ann., for each registered voter within the specific precinct. Such information shall include: 1. Date of registration, 2. Voter Registration Number, 3. Name of Elector, 4. Residence Address, 5. Date of Birth, and 6. Name and Date of the Election. 3. An EPB shall not contain any voter information which is not provided by the paper-based pollbooks generated from SEMS, the disclosure of which is prohibited from public disclosure pursuant to applicable law. Such information shall include: 1. Driver’s License or other DPS Issued Identification Number, 2. Social Security Number or any portion thereof, and 3. Telephone number(s), email address(s) or any other personal information, the disclosure of which is prohibited by law. 4. An EPB shall contain the same voter information as that provided by paper-based pollbooks for all active and inactive voters registered within the county for the purpose of determining in which polling place a voter should be casting a ballot by reference to his/her current residence address in that county. 5. Poll managers may not encode a Voter Access Card for any voter who is not eligible to cast a “regular” Election Day ballot in the polling place in which he/she presents to vote. A voter is NOT eligible to cast a regular Election Day ballot and may only cast an affidavit ballot if: a. He/She is not timely registered to vote in the County in which he/she presents, b. He/She is not timely registered to vote in the polling place in which he/she presents; c. He/She has moved to a new residence address within the county which requires casting a ballot at a different polling place within the county; d. He/She has moved to a new residence address outside of the county and/or state; e. He/She is unable to present an acceptable form of photo identification.