Mississippi high court rules voters with COVID risks don’t automatically qualify for absentee ballot

JTN:

Mississippi’s Supreme Court has ruled that voters don’t automatically qualify for absentee ballot just because they suffer from pre-existing conditions making them more vulnerable to COVID-19. 

The high court’s decision on Friday partly overturned Hinds County Chancery Judge Denise Owens, who ruled earlier this month that state law allows any voter with preexisting conditions impacting COVID-19 to vote by absentee ballot during the pandemic.

The justices ruled the local judge too broadly interpreted state law. MORE