Election Day

League of Women Voters^®
of Mississippi, Inc.

Information you need to know when you go to Vote!

Voting Problems. Your Poll Location. Making Voting A Breeze. Voting Machines. At the Polls.

Voting Problems

FOR VOTING PROBLEMS ON ELECTION DAY CALL
.
The League of Women Voters of Mississippi Election Hotline - (601) 355-7495
The Secretary of State's Office - Election Hotline - (800) 829 6786
The U.S. Justice Department - (800) 253 3931
Mississippi Protection and Advocacy - (800) 772 4057
Protect the Vote 2008! by the ACLU of MS - (888) 601-VOTE
.
If you have a complaint about your voting experience, please complete a Help America Vote Act Complaint Form
.

Finding Your Polling Location

Find your poll location using the LWV's Vote411! [Note: If your polling location has recently moved, it may not be listed here. Please call your Circuit Clerk's office or follow the link listed below for more information.]
The Mississippi Secretary of State's office lists each polling location by county. Click here, then select your county.

Making Voting A Breeze

l. Call ahead: Call your County Circuit Clerk to make sure you're registered to vote and find out where your polling place is.
2. Avoid the crowds: If you can, go to the polls during the off hours of 10:00am-11:30am and 1:30pm-3:30pm. Polls are less likely to be crowded then.
3. Take a friend to vote: Why go alone when you can take a friend or loved one to vote too?

Voting Machines

Get information about the new voting machines and practice using them at Touch & Vote. For further information, call your County Circuit Clerk or the Secretary of State's office at (800) 829 6786.

Campaigning at the Polls & Poll Watchers

No campaign literature can be distributed or lobbying done within 150 feet of any entrance to the polling place.

Poll watchers must be appointed by the candidate in writing. Candidates may be poll watchers.

Poll watchers and other persons cannot do anything that hinders the progress of voters into the polling place.

Poll watchers must be assigned a position from which they can view the election process and challenge unqualified voters.

Any person crating a disturbance at the polling place shall be arrested. If assistance is required, the Manager/Bailiff should contact local law enforcement officers and request assistance.

Comments, suggestions, questions? Contact our webmaster. Last revised: August 7, 2010 22:15 PDT.