Absentee Voting

ELECTION DATES:

Primary Election -Tuesday, April 1st  
Primary Run-off Election, if necessary - Tuesday, April 22nd
General Election, - Tuesday, June 3rd.

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE (only for individuals who are not currently registered to vote):

The deadline to register to cast a ballot in the April 1st Primary Election and April 22nd Run-off election is March 3rd by 5:00 p.m.  (In addition to standard hours of operation, City Hall will be open Saturday, March 2nd from 8 a.m. until noon for voter registration.)

The deadline to register to cast a ballot in the June 3rd General Election is May 5th by 5:00 p.m. (In addition to standard hours of operation, City Hall will be open Saturday, May 3rd from 8 a.m. until noon for voter registration.)

ABSENTEE VOTING -APRIL 1st PRIMARY ELECTION:

Absentee voting is available in the Municipal Clerk's Office Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.   An acceptable form of photo identification is required.  

In-person absentee voting in the April 1st Primary Election begins Tuesday, February 18th.   In addition to standard hours of operation, City Hall will be open Saturday, March 29th from 8:00 until noon for absentee voting which is the last day cast an in-person absentee ballot in the April 1st Primary Election.

Who is entitled to vote absentee in-person?

Any qualified elector who is a bona fide student, teacher or administrator at any college, university, junior college, high, junior high, or elementary grade school whose studies or employment at such institution necessitates his or her absence from the municipality of his or her voting residence on the date of any primary, general or special election, or the spouse and dependents of that student, teacher or administrator if such spouse or dependent(s) maintain a common domicile, outside of the municipality of his or her voting residence, with such student, teacher or administrator.

Any qualified elector who is required to be away from his or her place of residence on any election day due to his or her employment as an employee of a member of the Mississippi congressional delegation and the spouse and dependents of such person if he or she shall be residing with such absentee voter away from the municipality of the spouse's voting residence.

Any qualified elector who is away from his or her residence within the municipality 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 himself, herself or others, or whose attendance at the voting place could reasonably cause danger to himself, herself or others.

The parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of his or her residence within the municipality or more than fifty (50) miles distant from his or her residence, if the parent, spouse or dependent will be with such person on election day.

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 the spouse and dependents of such member of the congressional delegation.

Any qualified elector who will be unable to vote in person because he or she is required to be at work on election day during the times at which the polls will be open or on-call during the times when the polls will be open.