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Election Commission
The Monroe County Election Commission is made up of five members, each representing one of the five supervisor districts in the county. The members are elected to four-year terms.
The Commission is responsible for managing General and Special Elections in the county. Other duties include purging voters who have died or moved out of the county from the voter rolls, maintaining registered voters, hiring and training poll workers, assisting in the resolution of election challenges and precinct redistricting.
Each of the commissioners, before acting, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution and file the same in the office of the Chancery Court, there to remain. While engaged in their duties, the commissioners shall be conservator of the peace in the county, with all the duties and powers of such.
Upon taking office, the county board of election commissioners shall organize by election a chairman and a secretary. It shall be the duty of the chairman to have the official ballot printed and distributed at each general election.
Office Location:
Monroe County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Monroe County Courthouse
301 South Chestnut Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730
Related Links:
Mississippi Secretary of State – Elections
www.sos.ms.gov/elections.aspx
Monroe County Election Districts
Monroe County wide election map
Monroe County House of Representatives
Monroe County Senate
Monroe County Supervisor Districts 1-5
Monroe County Justice Court Districts 1-3
Monroe County Constable Districts 1-3
Monroe County School District
The members of the Monroe County Election Commission are:
The commission may also be contracted to assist the Democratic and Republican parties with primary elections, in advance of the General Election. Candidates from the primary elections are qualified by their party’s executive committees. The winners from the primaries of each party then advance to the General Election, along with any Independent candidates who have been qualified by the county’s election commission.
In the primaries, voters may vote for the Republican candidates or the Democratic candidates, but not both. In the General Election, all the candidates for each office face each other.
Elections
Primary Elections
Party candidates are nominated through primary elections. A voter may vote in either party's primary, and cast a ballot of that party's nominees to the general election. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in a primary, a run-off is held between the top two vote getters.
A voter who votes in the primary of one party may NOT “crossover” to vote in the runoff of another party. However, if a person DOES NOT vote in the primary election, they may vote in the runoff of the party of their choice.
By law, primary elections are run by each political party’s county executive committee with oversight from the state party executive committees. Circuit Clerks also provide support.
General Elections
Candidates are elected to office in general elections. The general election ballot contains the names of the party nominees, plus any independent or third party candidates who have qualified. For most elective offices, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes is elected. Offices in which candidates do not run in party primaries (most judicial offices, county election commissioner, some others) require a run-off if no candidate receives a majority vote in the general election.
By law, general elections are run the by county Election Commissioners with limited oversight from the State Board of Election Commissioners. Circuit Clerks also provide support.
Absentee Voting
The Circuit Clerk’s office is open for absentee voting the two Saturdays prior to an election
The DEADLINE TO VOTE ABSENTEE is the Circuit Clerk’s office is NOON ON the Saturday PRIOR to the ELECTION.
Absentee Ballot
Some registered voters are eligible to vote by an absentee ballot because of age, health, work demands, temporary relocation for educational purposes, or their affiliation with the U.S. Armed Forces. Please check with your circuit or municipal clerk to determine if you are entitled to vote by absentee ballot and learn the procedure for doing so. If you know you will vote by an absentee ballot, you may contact the circuit or municipal clerk’s office at any time within 45 days of the election.
Voters included within the Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), such as members of the military and overseas citizens, may register to vote and request an absentee ballot by Federal Post Card Application (FPCA). UOCAVA voters may register to vote using the FPCA up until ten days before the date of an election and may receive and return an absentee ballot by mail, email, or fax. For more information, call the Secretary of State’s Election Hotline at 1 (800) 829-6786 or visit its website at www.yallvote.sos.ms.gov
Election Information
If a voter moves from state to state or county to county, voter MUST complete a new voter registration application to register to vote in the new county or state of residence. A change of address from is not sufficient.
If a voter moves within the county, voter must notify the Circuit Clerk’s office in writing of the new address. It is the voter’s responsibility to update their address. The Circuit Clerk does not receive address change information from the Post Office, 911 office, car tag office, tax office, homestead office, etc.
Inactive Voters
If the Circuit Clerk’s office receives a trigger that a voter’s address may have changed, steps are taken to place the voter on an “inactive” status. “Inactive” does not mean that the parson has not voted but there is a reason to believe the voter no longer lives at the address provided. Mississippi Law requires a voter to vote in the precinct in which they reside. Triggers for change of address include a returned jury summons or voter registration card, information from National Change of Address Registry, Department of Public Safety (driver’s license), etc. The clerk’s office sends a confirmation card to the voter to verify the new address.
If the confirmation card is properly completed and returned, the voter’s address is updated, the voter is returned to “active” status and the new voter registration card is mailed to the voter.
If the confirmation card is not returned, the voter remains on “inactive”. “Inactive” voters name does not appear on election pollbooks. These voters must vote an affidavit ballot and complete an affidavit ballot envelope providing their new address. The clerk’s office will update voter’s information from the affidavit ballot envelope and mail a new voter registration card to the voter.
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