Absentee voting is open, registration deadline looms

Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Voting is now open for Mississippi voters who will not be able to vote in-person on General Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The Circuit Clerk’s Office is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and will be open Saturday, Oct. 5, 8 a.m. until noon for those who need to vote absentee, or register to vote.

The deadline for new voters to register before the General Election is Monday, Oct. 7, 5 p.m.

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The office will also be open for voting on the two Saturdays just prior to the election — Oct. 26 and Nov. 2 — from 8 a.m. until noon.

Absentee or early voting is available for: U.S. military; American Red Cross; disabled veterans and spouses; school students, teachers, or administrators who must be at school/work on Election Day; those who will be outside the county Nov. 5; those with temporary or permanent physical disabilities and their caretakers; voters age 65 or older; members of Congress; anyone working on Election Day and unable to make it to the polls; and those who are incarcerated in a county jail but not convicted of a disenfranchising crime.

 

Sample ballot, Lincoln County

US President — Dem. Kamala D. Harris and VP Tim Walz; Lib. Chase Oliver and VP Mike ter Maat; Green Jill Stein and VP Rudolph Ware; MS. Const. Randall Terry and VP Stephen E. Broden; Rep. Donald J. Trump and VP JD Vance; Ind. Shiva Ayyadurai and VP Crystal Ellis; Ind. Claudia De la Cruz and VP Karina Garcia; Ind. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and VP Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn); Ind. Peter Sonski and VP Lauren Onak.

US Senate — Dem. Ty Pinkins or Rep. Roger F. Wicker

US Congress, 3rd District — Rep. Michael Guest

MS Supreme Court Justice D2 P2 — Dawn H. Beam or David P. Sullivan

Election Commissioner D1 — Dem. Verna Stine Byrd or Rep. Rockie B. Netherland

Election Commissioner D3 — Rep. Missy Watts Rhodus

Election Commissioner D5 — Rep. Jane S. James

County School Board ED1 — Diane Crotwell

County School Board ED2 — Billy Vaughn

 

Click here or visit www.dustinbairfield.com for a sample ballot.