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✈️PB-03: NCOA Interstate Out-of-State Mail Drift

Mississippi Benchmark: 2,444 Active voters with out-of-state mailing addresses (11,178 already marked Inactive on the federal NVRA clock).
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Plain-English Explanation for Election Commissioners & Citizens

When a voter moves to Tennessee, Texas, or Alabama and files a forwarding address, federal law (the National Voter Registration Act) does not allow a county to delete them the next morning. Instead, the county marks them 'Inactive' and waits two federal general election cycles. In Mississippi, 82.1% of all out-of-state mail records (11,178 of 13,622) are ALREADY marked Inactive—leaving only 2,444 Active records that need a confirmation postcard.

Step-by-Step Verification Protocol
  • 1

    Scans all 2,112,460 records for mailing states outside Mississippi (led by TN, TX, AL, LA, FL, and GA).

  • 2

    Separates the 11,178 Inactive records already undergoing statutory NVRA waiting periods.

  • 3

    Produces the exact list of 2,444 Active out-of-state mail records for County Election Commissioner review under Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-153.

Deterministic Mathematical Specification (Zero-PII) View on 3D Manifold
Cross-checks mail_state != 'MS' stratified by status == 'Active' vs. 'Inactive' across all 82 counties.