Absentee Voting Is Underway For November Election
Absentee Voting Is Underway For November Election
WATER VALLEY – Absentee voting is underway for next month’s General Election scheduled November 3.
In Mississippi, registered voters are eligible to vote absentee because of age, health or work demands, or their affiliation with the U.S. armed forces. For example, voters who will be outside their county of residence on election day are entitled to vote by absentee ballot.
The deadline to vote absentee is noon on Saturday, October 31, and the circuit clerk offices in the Water Valley and Coffeeville courthouses will be open for the deadline. The courthouses will also be open on Saturday, October 24, until noon for absentee voting.
The ballot is an important election for Yalobusha voters, who will select local and state candidates jockeying for positions, weigh in on a referendum to change the county’s system of government and join a statewide vote on two ballot initiatives to change the constitution for school funding.
On the local referendum, voters will choose whether to change to the unit system or retain the beat system. A pair of town hall meetings have been scheduled for public discussion on the matter. The first meeting was held October 6 at the Coffeeville courthouse and will be reported in next week’s Herald. The second meeting is scheduled October 20 at the Water Valley courthouse at 6:30 p.m.
Local elections also include a contested school board race in the Water Valley School District. Political newcomer Alexe van Beuren qualified to run against incumbent Taylor Trusty for the District 4 slot. The term starts in January and runs for five years.
County races on the November 3 ballot include a pair of supervisor races and the race for county prosecuting attorney. In the supervisor races, District 1 Democratic candidate Cayce Washington will face Republican candidate Mickell Dunn.
In District 2, Democratic candidate Kenneth Rogers will face Republican challenger John Forsyth. In the election for county prosecuting attorney, incumbent Gail B. Barton will face independent challenger Daniel Martin. Barton is running as a Democrat.
