Tallahatchie County voters will have their first opportunity to mark a ballot for their preferred presidential candidate during Tuesday’s March 12 primary election.
Polls at all precinct locations in the county will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Voters will participate in either the Democratic or Republican primary election.
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Both party ballots feature races for president, U.S. Senate and U.S. House in the 2nd Congressional District.
Democratic ballots also will feature the name of Benjamin Sykes Sturdivant of Glendora, who is unopposed for reelection as Tallahatchie County’s commissioner on the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board, where he has served for 30 years.
The Charleston and Sumner offices of Tallahatchie County Circuit Clerk Daphane Neal will be open a half-day Saturday, March 9, the deadline of in-person absentee voting. All mail-in absentee ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, March 12, and received by March 19.
Democratic ballots will feature incumbent President Joseph R. Biden Jr., hopeful Ty Pinkins for U.S. Senate, and incumbent 2nd District Congressman Bennie G. Thompson.
Republican ballots will bear the names of Ron DeSantis, Nikki R. Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Donald J. Trump for president.
DeSantis and Ramaswamy publicly withdrew from the race weeks ago, and Haley announced just Wednesday that she was suspending her campaign. However, the Mississippi secretary of state's office explained that under state law, a candidate who has qualified to appear on the presidential preference primary ballot must have submitted an affidavit to withdraw, which is required to be removed from the ballot. That did not happen for these three before the deadline.
In the Republican race for U.S. Senate, longtime incumbent Roger F. Wicker is being opposed by Ghannon Burton and Dan Eubanks.
Vying for the opportunity to advance to face Thompson in November are 2nd Congressional District Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Ron Eller, Andrew Scott Smith and Taylor Turcotte.
Both the Democratic and Republican sample ballots for Tuesday's primary in Tallahatchie County are attached.
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Voters are required to show photo identification at the polls. A voter without an acceptable form of photo ID is entitled to cast an affidavit ballot. Voters who cast an affidavit ballot by reason of voter ID must present an acceptable form of photo ID to their circuit clerk’s office by March 19.
It is unlawful to campaign for any candidate within 150 feet of any entrance to a polling place, unless on private property.
The polling places should be clear for 30 feet from every entrance of all people except elections officials, voters waiting to vote or authorized poll watchers.
Under state law, voters are prohibited from taking pictures of their marked ballot.
For other information, visit the secretary of state's Elections & Voting section of their website.
