SB2425 defines "caregiver," "family member," and "household member" for the purposes of the state's ballot harvesting law. The bill specifies that only election officials, postal workers, individuals authorized by federal law, or a voter's family member, household member, or caregiver may collect and transmit a voter's mail-in ballot.
The Mississippi State House of Representatives passed SB2425 on April 4, 2024 by a vote of 80 to 41. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because ballot harvesting—as with mass voting by mail in general—enables electoral fraud, disenfranchising eligible voters. States should exercise their authority, under Article 1, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution, to implement free, fair, and secure elections, providing equal protection of the right of American citizens to vote.
