MS · How to vote
Voting in Mississippi.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Mississippi Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Mississippi Secretary of State — Elections
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Mississippi requires a photo ID to vote. Accepted: driver's license, passport, government employee ID, student ID from Mississippi college, gun permit, military ID, or tribal ID. Free voter ID available at circuit clerk offices.
VOTE BY MAIL
Absentee voting available with a valid excuse (over 65, disabled, out of county, student, etc.).
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Official action — MS
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Mississippi system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
Not available
Register / update online
**MS has NO OVR.** Paper application only, mailed to circuit clerk (county). 30-day pre-election deadline.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
Statewide→
Preview my ballot
County
Request a mail ballot
EXCUSE REQUIRED (age 65+, away, work conflicting with polls, sick). Application returned to county circuit clerk. No online request.
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Candidate Qualifying List.
Not available
Statewide ballot measures
**No citizen-initiative process** as of 2021 (MS S.Ct. struck down Initiative 65 / Section 273). Only lege-referred amendments.
Statewide→
Live + past results
Per-cycle PDFs. NO live election-night SOS portal.
Statewide→
Election calendar
March 10 / April 7 primary + runoff for judicial; Nov 3 general.
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Mississippi
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionNo Deadline
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionBy Email or Fax: Received by
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionBy Mail: Postmarked by*
2026-11-03Registration — General ElectionBy Email or Fax: Received by
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