Absentee voting has begun for the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election featuring the race for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, medical marijuana, and a new state flag for Mississippi.
Those eligible to request an absentee ballot or come vote absentee in the circuit clerk’s office are anyone age 65 and older, disabled, anyone quarantined by doctors orders due to COVID, or anyone who will be out of county or has to work on election day during election hours.
For those planning to vote at the polls on election day, efforts are underway now to make that a safe experience during the pandemic.
Circuit Clerk Carlton Baker said voters entering the precincts will be handed a small bag with a pen and a Q-tip. The pen will be used to sign the polling book and the Q-Tip to cast votes on the voting machines.
The Q-tip and bag will then be discarded and voters can keep the pens. This prevents anyone from sharing anything. Sneeze guards will also be in place as well as hand sanitizer. All poll managers will wear gloves and masks.
“We encourage voters to wear masks when they go to precincts for their protection and that of the poll workers,” Baker said. “The election commissioners and my staff are working really hard to make precincts as safe as possible.”
Social distancing will be implemented at precincts as well.
All absentee ballots sent through the mail must be postmarked before or on election day. They will be counted even if received at the circuit clerk’s office after election day as long as postmark is valid.
All absentee ballots do not go to precincts, they stay at courthouse and will be processed election night.
The deadline for voter registration in office or by postmark is October 5.
For more questions on the election you may call the circuit clerk’s office at 412-3101.
United States President
? Joseph R. Biden
? Donald J. Trump
? Don Blankenship
? Brian Carroll
? Phil Collins
? Howie Hawkins
? Jo Jorgensen
? Brock Pierce
? Kanye West
United States Senate
? Mike Espy
? Cindy Hyde-Smith
? Jimmy L. Edwards
US House of Rep 01
1st Congressional District
? Antonia Eliason
? Trent Kelly
Supreme Court Justice D3, P3
? Josiah Dennis Coleman
? Percy L. Lynchard
Election Commissioner 01
? Bernadette Coleman
Election Commissioner 02
? Donnie Paul Cain
? Jane H. Farmer
Election Commissioner 03
? Patti Moorhead Young
Election Commissioner 04
? Phillip Lucius
Election Commissioner 05
? Robert Lee Easley
School Board D5
? Don Hardin
Ballot Measure 1
Initiated by Petition and
Alternative by Legislature
Initiative Measure No. 65, Should Mississippi allow qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions, as certified by Mississippi licensed physicians, to use medical marijuana?
Legislative Budget Office Fiscal Analysis for Initiative 65:
The overall cost to Mississippi for the first year is estimated to be $11,068,150. The anticipated expenses for the first year to implement a medical marijuana program is $24,068,150 (Plants - seeds to Sale: $5,000,000; Licensing, Monitoring, Inspection: $16,220,150; and Cost to Collect Revenue: $2,848,000). The anticipated revenue is $13,000,000 (User ID Cards: $2,500,000; Commercial Licenses: $500,000 and sales fee at 7 percent: $10,000,000).
The anticipated expenses for years following the first for a medical marijuana program is $15,338,000 (Plants - seeds to Sale: $5,000,000; Licensing, Monitoring, Inspection: $8,756,000; and Cost to Collect Revenue: $1,582,000). The anticipated revenue is $26,000,000 (User ID Cards: $5,000,000; Commercial Licenses: $1,000,000 and sales fee at 7 percent: $20,000,000). The overall annual revenue is anticipated to be $10,662,000, all of which must be used to support the state marijuana program.
Alternative Measure No. 65 A, Shall Mississippi establish a program to allow the medical use of marijuana products by qualified persons with debilitating medical conditions?
Legislative Budget Office Fiscal Analysis for Initiative 65A:
The cost or revenue impact associated with this initiative is undeterminable.
VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF EITHER, OR AGAINST BOTH
? FOR APPROVAL OF EITHER Initiative Measure No. 65 OR Alternative Measure No. 65A
? AGAINST BOTH Initiative Measure No. 65 and Alternative Measure No. 65A
And Vote For One
? For Initiative Measure No. 65
? For Alternative Measure No. 65A
Statewide
Ballot Measure 2
House Concurrent Resolution No. 47
This amendment provides that to be elected Governor, or to any other statewide office, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes in the general election. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, then a runoff election shall be held as provided by general law. The requirement of receiving the most votes in a majority of Mississippi House of Representative’s districts is removed.
Vote For One
? YES
? NO
Statewide
Ballot Measure 3
House Bill 1796 – Flag Referendum
Please vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on whether the following design shall be the official Mississippi State Flag
? YES
? NO