Absentee voting is a bid deal nationwide as candidates try to get out voters who will cast a ballot for them and Coahoma County is no different.
Coahoma County Circuit Clerk offices will be open from 8 a.m. to noon for in-person absentee voting Saturday, Oct. 26, and the last day to vote in-person absentee is noon Saturday, Nov.2.
All mail-in absentee ballots must be postmarked by Election Day Nov. 5 and received by county circuit clerk offices by Nov. 13.
As of Monday – two weeks before Election Day – the Secretary of State’s office released that the Statewide Election Management System reported a total of 86,525 absentee ballots had been requested and 84,636 absentee ballots were sent.
Of that, 67,802 absentee ballots have been received this week in the state of Mississippi for the 2024 November General Election, up about 10,000 from last week.
Nearly 234,000 Mississippians had their votes accepted in the 2020 election by way of an absentee ballot. In 2016’s November General Election, just over 103,000 absentee ballots were accepted.
In addition to the national Presidential Election, Coahoma County voters will also vote for a U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative and several judicial posts.
Voters will also cast a ballot in some districts for Election Commissioners and Coahoma County School District School Board Trustees. Voters can also write in a name.
The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 General Election.
The following candidates will be found on local ballots for the General Election.
President of the United States
Vote for ONE
Democrat
_ Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz.
Libertarian
_ Chase Oliver Mike Ter Maat.
Green
_ Jill Stein and Rudolph Ware
Constitution
_ Randall and Stephen E. Broden.
Republican
_ Donald J. Trump and JD Vance.
Independent
_ Shiva Ayyadurai and Crystal Ellis.
Independent
_ Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia.
Independent
_ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Nicole Shanahan.
Independent
_ Peter Sonski and Lauren Onak.
_ Write-in
United States Senate
Vote for ONE
_ Ty Pinkins, Democrat
_ Roger F. Wicker, Republican
_ Write-in
US House Of Representatives
2nd Congressional District
Vote for ONE
_ Ron Eller Republican
_ Bennie G. Thompson Democrat
_ Write-in
Supreme Court Justice
District 3 (Northern) Post 1
Vote for ONE
_ Robert P. 'Bobby' Chamberlin
_ Write-in
Supreme Court Justice
District 3 (Northern) Post 2
Vote for ONE
_ Jimmy Maxwell
_ Write-in
Court of Appeals Judge
District 2 Position 2
Vote for ONE
¬ Latrice Westbrooks
_ Write-in
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board
Vote for TWO
_ Otha E. Williams III
_ Janean Winters
_ Write-in
Coahoma Co. Election Commission
Commissioner 1
Vote for ONE
_ JoAnn Gates
_ Write-in
Commissioner 3
Vote for ONE
_ Startavian Victory
_ Write-in
Commissioner 5
Vote for ONE
_ Virginia Burchfield
_ Write-in
Coahoma County School District
Dist. 3 Trustee
Vote for ONE
_ Rachel Fowler Holmes
_ Rico Smith
_ Timothy Williams
_ Write-in
Dist. 4 Trustee
Vote for ONE
_ Milroy Harris
_ Margaret Jordan-Walker
_ Write-in
Questions or concerns about voting issues, policy and procedure for any election should be directed to the Secretary of State’s office at (601) 359-1350.
Questions or concerns about candidate qualifications, ethics and conduct while in office should be directed to the Attorney General’s Public Integrity Division at (601) 359-4258.
Qualifications vary from office to office but the main requirements are to be a resident and qualified voter from the district they represent. Candidates may not have been convicted of a federal crime or certain state crimes defined as felonies punishable by incarceration in a state penitentiary, unless they have received a full pardon. Candidates cannot have been legally declared mentally incompetent.
