Mississippi Election Results 2026: Voting has ended

Yes. All Mississippi voters casting a ballot in person must show an acceptable photo ID, such as a valid Mississippi driver's license (including Mississippi Mobile ID), a state-issued photo ID card, a U.S. passport, a military or tribal photo ID, a Mississippi firearms carry permit with photo, a current student photo ID from an accredited Mississippi college, or a free Mississippi Voter ID Card. A voter who has no photo ID on Election Day votes by affidavit ballot and then has five business days to show an acceptable ID or obtain a Voter ID Card at the Circuit Clerk's office. Free Voter ID Cards are issued at any Circuit Clerk's office.

To register to vote in Mississippi you must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of Mississippi and of the county, city or town for 30 days before the election, and at least 18 years old (or 18 by the date of the next general election). You must not have been declared mentally incompetent by a court and must not have been convicted of a disenfranchising crime. You can register at the Circuit Clerk's office, the Municipal Clerk's office, the Department of Public Safety when getting a driver's license, or by mail. Mississippi does not offer online voter registration for new registrants; the Secretary of State's guide lists no pre-registration age below the 18-by-next-general-election rule.

It depends on the crime. Mississippi removes voting rights only for conviction of a 'disenfranchising crime' as defined by Section 241 of the state constitution and Attorney General opinions; the Secretary of State's list names 23 offenses including murder, rape, arson, bribery, perjury, robbery, theft, larceny, embezzlement, forgery, obtaining goods under false pretense, receiving stolen property, carjacking, felony bad check, felony shoplifting, statutory rape, bigamy, timber larceny, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and voter fraud. The state's registration rules bar only those convicted of a disenfranchising crime. Rights can be restored by a suffrage bill passed by two-thirds of both houses of the Legislature, by executive order of the Governor after discharge from probation, or by a Governor's pardon.