Local Elections

Published on June 12th, 2023 | by TLV News

Lafayette County, Mississippi Election Dates, Deadlines, and Voter Information 2023

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June 26, 2023 – 1^stDAY TO ABSENTEE VOTE FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION

ALL IN-HOUSE ABSENTEE VOTING TAKES PLACE AT THE: Lafayette County Circuit Courthouse / 1 Courthouse Square, STE 101, Oxford, MS 38655

July 8, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION • 8 am – 12:00 pm

July 10, 2023 – DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR PRIMARY ELECTION – 5:00 PM July 29, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION • 8 am – 12:00 pm

July 31, 2023 – DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR PRIMARY RUN-OFF – 5:00 pm Aug. 5, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION • 8 am – 12:00 pm – LAST DAY TO VOTE ABSENTEE FOR PRIMARY

August 8, 2023 PRIMARY ELECTION DAY – VOTE AT YOUR POLLING LOCATION. See final primary election results here.

August 19, 2023 – SATURDAY – ABSENTEE VOTING BEGINS FOR PRIMARY ELECTION – RUNOFF • 8 am – 12:00 pm

August 26, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION – RUNOFF • 8 am – 12:00 pm – LAST DAY TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE FOR PRIMARY RUNOFF

August 29, 2023 PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION DAY (IF REQUIRED) – VOTE AT YOUR POLLING LOCATION

September 25, 2023 – 1^stDAY TO ABSENTEE VOTE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION

October 7, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR GENERAL ELECTION • 8 am – 12:00 pm

October 9, 2023 – DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN GENERAL ELECTION – 5:00 pm

Oct. 28, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR GENERAL ELECTION • 8 am – 12:00 pm

November 4, 2023 – SATURDAY – OFFICE OPEN FOR ABSENTEE VOTING FOR GENERAL ELECTION • 8 am – 12:00 pm – LAST DAY TO VOTE ABSENTEE FOR GENERAL ELECTION

Nov. 7, 2023 GENERAL ELECTION DAY – VOTE AT YOUR POLLING LOCATIONC: CHYNA/ELECTIONS AND ELECTION COMMISSIONS/WEBSITE/ ELECTIONS DATES / 2023

LAFAYETTE COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS

DISTRICT 1

• OXFORD 1 – MS State Extension Office – (70 FD Buddy East Parkway)

• Denmark-Lafayette Springs – (11 CR 287 – Fire Station #11 Lafayette Springs) • Yocona – (826 Hwy. 334 – Yocona Community Center)

DISTRICT 2

• OXFORD 2 – Conference Center – (102 Ed Perry Blvd. – Oxford Conf. Center) • Philadelphia – (1301 Hwy. 30 East Etta – Philadelphia Fire Station #12) ZIP: 38627

DISTRICT 3

• OXFORD 3 – Oxford Activity Center – (400 Price Street)

• Abbeville – (62 CR 106 – Springfield MB Church) ZIP: 38601

• College Hill – (10 CR 130 – College Hill Community Center)

• Taylor – (78 First Street – Taylor Community Center) ZIP: 38673

DISTRICT 4

• OXFORD 4 – (1111 Jackson Ave. West – Jackson Avenue Center) – old mall: Wal-Mart location

• Anchor/Taylor – (177 CR 376 Water Valley – Green’s Shop on Hwy. 7 South) ZIP: 38965

• Burgess – (46 CR 313 Oxford – Clear Creek Baptist Church)

• Harmontown – (599 Hwy. 310 Como Fire Station #1 – Harmontown) ZIP: 38619 • Union West – (823 CR 313 – Fire Station #16)

DISTRICT 5

• OXFORD 5 – VOTING PRECINCT 501 (101 Ctr Ridge Drive – Old Health Department – Hwy 7 South) • Airport Grocery – (15 CR 369 7 South 7/9 Split – Fire Station #3)

• Paris – (31 CR 430 Paris Fire Station #14) ZIP: 38949

• Tula – (153 CR 436 Oxford – Tula Fire Station #6)

LAFAYETTE COUNTY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR 2023 ELECTION

CIRCUIT CLERK

JEFF BUSBY – INCUMBENT (I)

COUNTY ATTORNEY

BELA J. CHAIN III – INCUMBENT (I)

SHERIFF

JOEY EAST – INCUMBENT (I)
JEFFREY C. SOUTH (R)

LAFAYETTE COUNTY JUSTICE COURT (SOUTHERN)

BENJAMIN JUSTUS (I)
KRISI ALLEN (I)
JOHNNY WAYNE McLARTY (I) – INCUMBENT

LAFAYETTE COUNTY JUSTICE COURT (CENTRAL)

MICKEY AVENT – INCUMBENT (I)

LAFAYETTE COUNTY JUSTICE COURT (NORTHERN)

BRENT JOHNSON (R)
HARDIE MEEKS, JR. (D)
LaSONJA “SUE” PETTIS (D)

CHANCERY CLERK

KASEY HAYNIE DANIELS (R)
LLOYD OLIPHANT (I)
MIKE ROBERTS (R)
MARSHA PIERCE THEOBALD (I)

CORONER

SHAWN BENNETT (R)
GLENN COLEMAN (R)
MARILYN P. DELBRIDGE (D)
LaVERA “DEEDE” HODGES (D)

TAX ASSESSOR/COLLECTOR

SHELIA BUSBY KELLY (R)
O.E. “ROCKY” KENNEDY II (I)

CONSTABLE (NORTHERN)

GREG PETTIS – INCUMBENT (D)

CONSTABLE (SOUTHERN)

JACK E. THEOBALD II – INCUMBENT (R)

CONSTABLE (CENTRAL)

KENNETH DREWREY – INCUMBENT (R)
LEE DURHAM (R)

SUPERVISOR (1)

CAROLE ARNOLD (R)
ANTHONY COX (R)
BRENT LARSON – INCUMBENT (R)

SUPERVISOR (2)

AVERY DUNN (D)
DRU JONES (R)
JOHN MORGAN (R)

SUPERVISOR (3)

LARANDUST COLEMAN (D)
DALE TIMOTHY GORDON (D)
DAVID RIKARD – INCUMBENT (R)
JOSH THWEATT (R)
WILL TIDWELL (D)

SUPERVISOR (4)

SCOTT ALLEN (R)
ANNE M. KLINGEN (D)
CHAD D. McLARTY – INCUMBENT (I)
DEREK MOONEY (R)

SUPERVISOR (5)

GREG BYNUM (R)
MIKE FORTNER (R)
JASON KENT (R)
DON MASON (D)

ELECTION COMMISSIONER (4)

LAURA ANTONOW – DIST. 4 (I) INCUMBENT

ELECTION COMMISSIONER (2)

ERIN SMITH – DIST. 2 (I) INCUMBENT

November 7, 2023 Mississippi General Election Sample Ballot

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Sample Ballots – Primary – August 8, 2023

Republican Party Primary

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Democrat Party Primary

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