2026 election

Voting in Mississippi

Primary

Held

Tuesday, March 10

General

Tuesday, November 3

Register by: October 5
Request a mail ballot by: November 2
Mail it back postmarked by: November 3 and received by November 10, 5pm

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How to cast your ballot

By mail

(in person absentee) Primary – January 24th – March 9th General – September 19th – November 2nd

You need one of these reasons:

Any person who is temporarily residing outside of their county of residence, and the ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.
Any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older.
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 county of residence 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.

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In person

Polls open on election day: 7am – 7pm

What counts as ID

You will be asked to show photo ID to vote in Mississippi.

A valid form of identification is an official government document that establishes your identity and has no expiration date or has an issuance date within the last 10 years. Acceptable forms of valid ID include:

Mississippi driver’s license (includes Mississippi Mobile ID, issued by Department of Public Safety)
ID card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Mississippi
US passport
employee photo ID card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government, the State of Mississippi, or any county, municipality, board, authority or other entity in Mississippi
tribal photo ID card
United States military photo ID card
official Mississippi Voter ID Card

A current and valid form of identification is an official government document that establishes your identity and is not expired as of the date it is presented. Acceptable forms of current and valid photo ID include:

Mississippi license to carry a pistol or revolver
student ID card, issued by any accredited college, university, or community or junior college in the State of Mississippi
any ID not listed above issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government or any other state government

Voters without ID: If you do not have an accepted form of photo ID, you can vote an affidavit ballot. You will then have 5 business days to show an acceptable photo ID form or apply for a Mississippi Voter ID Card at your circuit clerk’s office.

If you have religious objections to being photographed and do not present an acceptable form of photo ID when you vote, you may cast an affidavit ballot. You will then have 5 business days after the election to complete an Affidavit of Religious Objection at your circuit clerk’s office.

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Before you can vote

Registering

Ways to register:

By mail

Who can register, and what you need

To register in Mississippi you must:

be a United States citizen
have lived in Mississippi and in your county, city, or town for 30 days before the election in which you want to vote
be 18 years old by the time of the general election in which you want to vote
have not been convicted in a Mississippi court of voter fraud, arson, armed robbery, bigamy, bribery, carjacking, embezzlement, extortion, felony bad check, felony shoplifting, forgery, larceny, murder, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, rape, receiving stolen property, robbery, statutory rape, theft, timber larceny, larceny under lease or rental agreement, or unlawful taking of motor vehicle (unless having been pardoned, had rights of citizenship restored by the Governor or had suffrage restored by the Legislature.)
not have been declared mentally incompetent by a court

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Which primary can you vote in?

You are NOT required to register with a party to participate in Mississippi partisan primary elections. However, you may only vote in the partisan primary election of ONE party.

Dates, deadlines and rules come from DemocracyWorks, last refreshed August 27, 2026; poll hours from our own election guide. Rules change — check with your election office before you rely on a date.