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Mississippi: Voter Guide
Voting Information // Mississippi
Registration:
2/6

Automatic voter registration

Online voter registration

Pre-registration before turning 18

Number of days prior to election a voter must be registered is 15 days or less

Online voter registration closes 15 days or less before Election Day

Registration drives

Same day registration offered in all elections

Same day registration located at polling place

Same day registration offered only during early voting

Accessibility:
1/8

All mail voting

In-person early voting

Amount of early voting days is higher than 7

Election day is a state holiday

No-excuse mail voting

12+ hours of open polls

Paid time off work to vote

Time off work to vote

Requirements:
2/7

Felons can vote after incarceration with completion of sentence

Felons can vote immediately after incarceration

Felons can vote while incarcerated

No ID required to vote

Mental competency not required to register

Non-photo ID required to vote

Photo-ID required to vote

Upcoming Elections

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Voting Qualifications

Not declared mentally incompetent by a court
Not convicted of voter fraud, murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, armed robbery, extortion, felony bad check, felony shoplifting, larceny, receiving stolen property, robbery, timber larceny, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, statutory rape, carjacking, or larceny under lease or rental agreement, unless pardoned
Resident of Mississippi 30 days before Election Day
United States Citizen
18+ Years of Age

Deadlines

In Person - 
30 days before Election Day
Mail - 
Postmarked 30 days before Election Day
Mail - 
Application to request absentee ballot due 8 days or more before Election Day
Mail - 
Voted ballot postmarked on Election Day and received within 5 business days
In Person - 
Voted ballot due 3 days before Election Day
In Person - 
Between 3 and 45 days before Election Day using an absentee ballot (with valid excuse)

More Information

Party registration not required to vote in primary elections. However, voters must vote for a single party for both the initial primary and any run offs resulting from that primary.

Some registered voters are eligible to vote by an absentee ballot because of age, health, work demands, temporary relocation for educational purposes, or their affiliation with the U.S. Armed Forces. Please check with your Circuit or Municipal Clerk to determine if you are entitled to vote by an absentee ballot and to learn the procedures for doing so. If you know you will vote by an absentee ballot, you may contact your Circuit or Municipal Clerk’s Office at any time within 45 days of the election.


You may vote by absentee ballot in Mississippi if:

  • You will be away from your county on Election Day for any reason;
  • You are a student, teacher, or administrator at a school whose studies or employment there necessitates your absence from your county on Election Day; or you are the spouse or dependent thereof;
  • You have a temporary or permanent physical disability that renders you unable to vote in person without substantial hardship;
  • You are the parent, spouse, or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of their county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles away, and you (the parent, spouse or dependent) will be with that person on Election Day;
  • You are sixty-five (65) years of age or older;
  • You will be unable to vote in person because you are required to be at work on Election Day during the times at which the polls will be open;
  • You are a member, spouse, or dependent of the congressional delegation;
  • You are a disabled war veteran (or spouse or dependant of such a person) in a hospital;
  • You are a member (or spouse or dependant of such a person) of the Merchant Marine or American Red Cross.

If you are voting in person in Mississippi, you must present one of the following forms of photo ID at the time you vote:

  • A photo ID issued by the state of Mississippi
  • A driver’s license issued by any state
  • A current US passport
  • A photo ID card issued by a branch, department, or entity of the State of Mississippi
  • Any other photo ID issued by any branch, department, agency or entity of the United States government or any State government
  • A current student ID card containing a photograph issued by an accredited institution of higher education in Mississippi
  • A current US military ID card
  • A valid tribal ID card containing a photograph
  • A current and valid Mississippi license to carry a gun
  • A Mississippi Voter Identification Card