Mississippi partners with Experian for new voter roll maintenance data

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office partnered with Experian in order for county election commissioners to utilize the data in maintaining the state’s voter rolls.

Mississippi has previously relied mainly on the National Change of Address (NCOA) information from the United States Postal Service to identify voters who have moved.

Through this new partnership, officials said county election commissioners will be able to receive access to the NCOA information and commercial data from Experian. County election commissioners will also receive information from the Social Security Death Master File to help supplement the existing processes to identify voters who have passed away.

In accordance with Mississippi and federal law, registered voters who have been identified as having a new address will be sent a confirmation card and then placed on “Inactive” status. These voters will still have an opportunity to vote or correct their registration through the following ways:

1. If a voter returns the confirmation card and states they have not moved, they will be returned to “Active” status at their current address.
2. If the voter has moved within the county of their current registration and returns the confirmation card, they will have their voter registration address updated to their new address within the county.
3. If the voter has moved outside of the county and returns the confirmation card, they will be removed from their previous county’s voter rolls and will need to register in their new county of residence.
4. If the voter does not return the card, they will remain on the voter rolls as an “Inactive” voter through two federal general elections. During this time, a voter may be moved to “Active” status at any time by updating their information with their county circuit clerk.