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Deadline to register Saturday at 12 noon By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer Anyone
who is not registered to vote, must do so by October 3 if they want to
vote in the November 2 general election. Since October 3 is on a
Sunday, the last opportunity to register in person will be this
Saturday, October 2, at the circuit clerk’s office which will be open
from 8 a.m.-12 p.m., according to Lucy Carpenter, circuit clerk of
Marshall County. Voters who wish to register by
mail can get forms at the circuit clerk’s office. They must be
postmarked by Saturday, October 2, in order for the person to be
eligible to vote in the upcoming election. The deadline for military
personnel to register to vote in the November 2 election is October 23
– 10 days before the election. Voter registration
forms are also available on the “Elections” portion of the secretary of
state’s website at www.sos.ms.gov. The form can be filled out and
printed out and carried or mailed to the circuit clerk’s office. The
voter registration form may also be downloaded from the Marshall County
website (www.marshallcoms.org). After filling out the form it can be
mailed to P.O. Box 459, Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635 as shown on
the voter application. Anyone who has moved since
the last election should notify the circuit clerk’s office
(662-252-3434) to see which precinct they should go to to vote. Others
who may be registered to vote in Marshall County, but who have never
voted, may also visit www.marshallcoms.org to find where to go to vote,
or to practice voting, Carpenter said. Anyone who
does not know if they are registered to vote or where they should go to
vote can contact the circuit clerk’s office for more information. Certain
registered voters may vote now by absentee ballot in person at the
circuit clerk’s office or by mail. Students, military personnel, the
disabled and anyone who will be away from the voting polls on election
day may vote absentee, Carpenter said. “If they
live in the county and will be out of the county on election day, they
must vote absentee ballot at the courthouse,” she said. Military
personnel, students, and the disabled my vote absentee ballot by mail
and should call the circuit clerk’s office to obtain an absentee
ballot. Instructions for absentee balloting are
on the envelope and must be followed to the “T” or the ballot will not
be counted, Carpenter said. Of particular note
is the instruction written in red print indicating the voter must sign
the envelope outside across the flap, she said. The signature across
the flap is a safe guard against ballot tampering, Carpenter said.
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