The Charleston and Sumner offices of Tallahatchie County Circuit Clerk Daphane Neal will be open half-days Saturday, March 2, and Saturday, March 9, to facilitate in-person absentee voting for the March 12 presidential primary election.
Both local offices, like their counterparts across the state, are required to be open from 8 a.m. until noon on the last two Saturdays before Election Day.
According to a report from the Mississippi secretary of state’s office, as of Monday, Feb. 26, only 11 absentee ballots had been requested from the circuit clerk’s office by Tallahatchie County voters. All 11 had been mailed to voters and 10 had been received back and accepted. Eight of the ballots were from the Webb 5 precinct, two from Paynes and one from Charleston 1.
The in-person absentee voting deadline is Saturday, March 9.
All mail-in absentee ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, March 12, and received by March 19.
To learn more about absentee voting requirements, visit the secretary of state's Absentee Voting Information webpage.
For questions regarding Election Day, contact the secretary of state's Elections Division at ElectionsAnswers@sos.ms.gov, call the Elections Hotline at 1-800-829-6786, or visit YallVote.ms.
Contact the circuit clerk's office in Charleston at 662-647-8758 or in Sumner at 662-375-8515.
