Last day for in-person absentee voting in Mississippi

Today is the last day for in-person absentee voting in Mississippi. Circuit clerk’s offices will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. to accommodate voters.

Voters can mail in their absentee ballots until Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Ballots must be postmarked on or before Nov. 3 to be counted.

Across the country, more than 80 million Americans had already cast their ballots through absentee and early voting by Thursday, according to Reuters, more than 58% of the 2016 turnout of 139 million. In Texas, early voting has exceeded the total number of ballots cast in the 2016 election.