Upcoming Elections
2010 Primary Election: 06/1/10
2010 General Election: 11/2/10
Polling Place Hours: 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
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Voter Registration Information
Click here for a Mississippi Voter Registration Guide created by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono law firm partners.
Registration Deadlines
If you register by mail: Your application must be postmarked at least 30 days prior to the election in which you want to vote.
If you register in the clerk's office: You must register at least 30 days prior to the election in which you want to vote. In most cases, Circuit Clerks and Municipal Clerks are required to register voters at any time during usual business hours of 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 2, 2010 Election: October 3, 2010.
Identification Required for Registration
The Mississippi Voter Registration Application requires the applicant to give either a Mississippi driver's license number or the last four digits of his or her social security number. If a person does not have a driver's license or social security number, submits an application by mail and has never registered to vote in the county where he or she seeks to register, that person must send a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or any other government document showing the name and address of the applicant. If the applicant does not provide such documentation, he or she may be required to provide it when voting for the first time. Naturalized citizens must provide a certified copy of the final order or decree of naturalization, or a certificate of naturalization or duplicate thereof, or a certified copy of such certificate of naturalization or duplicate.
How to Check Registration
Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Contact your County Elections Official
Voting Information
Identification Required to Vote
A voter whose driver's license number or the last four digits of his or her social security number has not been verified and who has not submitted a copy of valid identification may be asked to provide identification at the polls.
How to Find Your Polling Place
Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Contact your County Registrar
Absentee Voting
Click here to visit GoVoteAbsentee.org, a resource for absentee voters.
A citizen of Mississippi who is eligible to vote may vote by absentee ballot only if they fall under one of the following enumerated categories:
- Any member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines;
- Any member of the Merchant Marine or American Red Cross;
- Any disabled war veteran who is a patient in any hospital;
- Any civilian attached to and serving outside of the United States with any branch of the Armed Forces, the Merchant Marine or the American Red Cross;
- Any person temporarily residing outside of the territorial limits of the United States;
- Any Person enrolled as a student at a United States Military Academy;
- The spouse and dependents of any person described in (1) through (6) above;
- Any person who is a bona fide student, teacher or administrator at any college, university, junior college, high or junior high school or elementary school whose studies or employment necessitates his or her absence from the county on the date of the election;
- Any person who is required to be away from his or her place of residence on election day due to employment with the Mississippi congressional delegation and the spouse and dependents of such person if they will also be away on election day;
- Any person who will be away from his or her county of residence on election day for any reason;
- Any person who has a temporary or permanent physical disability and who, because of such disability, is unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to him or herself or others, or whose attendance at the polling place could cause danger to him or herself or others;
- The parent, spouse or dependent of a person who is hospitalized more than fifty (50) miles from his or her residence;
- Any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older;
- Any member of the Mississippi congressional delegation absent from Mississippi on election day and his or her spouse and dependents; and
- Any person required to work on election day during the times at which the polls will be open.
Rules and Deadlines:
Voters may vote in person at the Office of the Registrar until 12:00 p.m. on the Saturday (October 30, 2010) immediately preceding elections held on Tuesday. All mailed absentee ballots must be received by the registrar by 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding the election (November 1, 2010).
Early Voting
If a voter has an appropriate excuse, they may vote absentee in person at the Office of the Registrar until 12:00 p.m. on the Saturday (October 30, 2010) immediately preceding elections held on Tuesday.
Information For People who have Moved or Changed Addresses
Moving Within the Same County
- Any voter who moves from one election precinct to another election precinct in the same county prior to an election must make a written request for a registration transfer at least thirty (30) days before the election. If the voter did not request the registration transfer more than thirty (30) days before the election or if the move occurs within thirty (30) days of the election, the elector will be permitted to vote by affidavit ballot in the new election precinct upon signing an affidavit
Moving Between Counties
- A voter who moves from an election precinct in one county to an election precinct in another county must register in the new county of residence in order to be permitted to vote.
Information for People with Felony Convictions
People are ineligible to vote if they have been convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy.
For more information, go to the Secretary of State's website, or click here to download a Mississippi Election Protection manual created by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono law firm partners.
