Voting Restrictions in Mississippi 

• In person, day-of voting is the only option available to the majority of citizens in the state.

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• Polls are only open between the hours of 7am-7pm, creating long lines and providing only narrow windows for people to vote before or after work without having to arrive late or leave early.

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• In order to be eligible for absentee voting, a person must meet one of six criteria:

  • The voter will be outside of his or her home county on Election Day.

  • The voter is a "student, teacher or administrator at a school whose studies or employment there necessitates" absence from the voter's home county on Election Day.

  • The voter is disabled and therefore unable to vote in person.

  • The voter is the parent, spouse or dependent of a disabled person "who is hospitalized outside of [his or her] county of residence or more than 50 miles away" and will be with the disabled person on Election Day.

  • The voter is 65 years old or older.

  • The voter is required to be at work on Election Day during polling hours.

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• Both the application for an absentee ballot and the ballot itself must be notarized.

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• Voter registration must be completed 30 days prior to the election. Same day registration is not allowed. 

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• Early or mail-in voting is not permitted, excepting absentee ballots.