Mississippi

To register to vote in Mississippi you must:

• Be a U.S.citizen
• Live in Mississippi and your election district for at least 30 days before the next election
• Be at least 18 years old on the day of the next election
• Not convicted of a felony (or, if so, have had your civil rights restored)  
• Not judged mentally incompetent in a court of law  

Mississippi does not offer same-day voter registration, so be sure to submit your voter registration before the deadline.

The deadline to register to vote is October 7, 2024.

All Mississippi voters casting a ballot in person at the polls or casting an absentee ballot in the Circuit or Municipal Clerk’s Office must present one of the following forms of acceptable photo ID: 

• A driver’s license, including driver’s licenses shown in mobile applications, as issued by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, which reflect a non-static photo identification and an address which matches the voter registration information
• A government issued photo ID card
• A United States passport
• A government employee photo identification card
• A firearms license
• A student photo ID issued by an accredited Mississippi university, college, or community/junior college
• A United States military photo ID
• A tribal photo ID
• Any other photo ID issued by any branch, department, agency or entity of the United States government or any State government
• A Mississippi Voter Identification Card

Voters without ID may be able to vote provisionally.

Learn more about how to vote if you are living abroad or serving in the military.