State of Mississippi
Voter Registration Information

Must register to vote 30 days before the election.
Can select party affiliation at the polls.

Can register to vote in person or obain a mail-in ballot from:
County election office (see county election office list)
Division of motor vehicles offices
Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) offices
Medicaid offices
Food stamp offices
Women, infants and children (WIC) benefits offices
Agencies that provide services to people with disabilities

Obtain an online voter registration application at:
www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm

MISSISSIPPI ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Who Can Absentee Vote in Mississippi?

Any qualified and registered elector who will be absent from their county of residence on election day or unable to vote in person because of one of the following reasons may opt to vote by absentee ballot:

1. Any enlisted or commissioned members of the United States armed forces, who are citizens of Mississippi.
2. Any member of the Merchant Marine or American Red Cross, who is a citizen of Mississippi.
3. Any disabled war veteran who is a patient in any hospital, who is a citizen of Mississippi.
4. Any civilian attached to and serving outside of the United States with any branch of the Armed Forces or with the Merchant Marine or American Red Cross, who is a citizen of Mississippi.
5. Any citizen of Mississippi temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the United States and the District of Columbia.
6. An employee engaged in interstate transportation.
7. A student, teacher or administrator.
8. An employee engaged in offshore employment, or as an employee on a vessel or other watercraft.
9. An employee, businessman, professional, tradesman or worker required to be over 50 miles away from the county of residence on election day due to employment.
10. Anyone with a temporary or permanent physical disability.
11. Anyone 65 years of age or older.
12. A parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent disability hospitalized more than 50 miles from home county and with such person election day.
13. A member of a congressional delegation.
14. A spouse or dependent of an absentee voter where allowed by subsection A, B, C, D, G, I or M.

How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?

Applications for absentee ballots must be made to the voter registrar's office within 45 days of the date of an election. Applications to vote by mail can only be made by persons who meet the qualifications listed in j, k, or l above or voters temporarily residing outside their county.

Application made in person must not be later than noon on the Saturday preceding a Tuesday election or the second day immediately preceding elections held on other days. Ballots will be completed by the voter at the time of application.

How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?

Once completed, the ballot must be received by the registrar no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding the election. Ballots must be notarized by an official authorized to administer an oath or authorized to witness a voter's signature (Disabled persons must sign the elector's certificate and have the attesting witness certificate signed by anyone 18 years of age or older, but are not required to have it sworn and subscribed).

Source:
DemocracyNet; League of Women Voters
10951 West Pico Blvd, Suite 120
Los Angeles, CA 90064
P: (310)470-6590
F: (310)475-3752
http://www.democracynet.org/MS/
 

Mississippi Voter Registration Information:
Mississippi Local Election Offices:

ADAMS
ALCORN
AMITE
ATTALA
BENTON
BOLIVAR
CALHOUN
CARROLL
CHICKASAW
CHOCTAW
CLAIBORNE
CLARKE
CLAY
COAHOMA
COPIAH
COVINGTON
DE SOTO
FORREST
FRANKLIN
GEORGE
GREENE
GRENADA
HANCOCK
HARRISON
HINDS
HOLMES
HUMPHREYS
ISSAQUENA
ITAWAMBA
JACKSON
JASPER
JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON DAVIS
JONES
KEMPER
LAFAYETTE
LAMAR
LAUDERDALE
LAWRENCE
LEAKE
LEE
LEFLORE
LINCOLN
LOWNDES
MADISON
MARION
MARSHALL
MONROE
MONTGOMERY
NESHOBA
NEWTON
NOXUBEE
OKTIBBEHA
PANOLA
PEARL RIVER
PERRY
PIKE
PONTOTOC
PRENTISS
QUITMAN
RANKIN
SCOTT
SHARKEY
SIMPSON
SMITH
STONE
SUNFLOWER
TALLAHATCHIE
TATE
TIPPAH
TISHOMINGO
TUNICA
UNION
WALTHALL
WARREN
WASHINGTON
WAYNE
WEBSTER
WILKINSON
WINSTON
YALOBUSHA
YAZOO


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