Secretary of State Michael Watson issued the following statement.
More than 15,000 voters have requested an absentee
ballot for March 10, 2020, Primary Elections. Circuit Clerks Offices received only 10,503 as of Tuesday, March 3rd.
"As
we've traveled around the state during our 82-county tour meeting with
Circuit Clerks and Election Commissioners, we've consistently heard
reports of lower than normal numbers regarding absentee voters," said
Secretary Watson. "Our office has been spreading the word and
encouraging Mississippians as often as we can to get out and vote in the
upcoming Primary Elections, so we hope those numbers
will see a spike this weekend.
Additionally, we'll continue our efforts
to drive up the turnout on Election Day. Too many men and women fought
for our right to vote for us not to give it our all. We'll continue to
remind voters of what an honor the right to
vote is and encourage them to get to the polls."
During
the 2016 Primary Presidential Elections, 20,842 voters requested an
absentee ballot. Circuit Clerks Offices received more than 18,467
absentee ballots by the end of the election.
Circuit
Clerks Offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March
7th, to allow voters to cast an absentee ballot in-person. Mailed
absentee ballots must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9th.
Polls
are open on Tuesday, March 10th, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Any voter in
line at 7 p.m. is entitled to cast a ballot. Voters can find their
polling place and a sample ballot by visiting the Secretary of State's
Polling Place Locator (https://www.sos.ms.gov/
For more information about absentee ballots or the upcoming election, visit the Secretary of State's Y'all Vote website (https://www.sos.ms.gov/Vote/
4 comments:
JJ won’t publish the Phil Bryant article in MS today because John Gregory owns this website.
Another desperately straining MT guilt-by-association story.
Absentee ballots are real means of voter fraud in this country.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/voter-fraud-allegations-north-carolina-congressional-election
The numbers were lower because the favorite fraudsters were too busy dealing with their legal troubles in CA and NC to work here.
We are making entirely too many provisions to make it easier for people to vote. Naturally, it should not be difficult, however, if things are made too easy, people tend to take them for granted and in their eyes they lose their importance.
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