{"id":107547,"date":"2020-11-24T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=107547"},"modified":"2020-11-23T21:46:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T03:46:17","slug":"mississippi-run-off-elections-are-tuesday-november-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/mississippi-run-off-elections-are-tuesday-november-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Run-off Elections are Tuesday, November 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As <strong>Mississippi&#8217;s Secretary of State<\/strong> continues to certify 2020 General Election results, voters across the state are preparing for\u00a0<strong>several runoff elections set for Tuesday, November 24<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following 17 counties in Mississippi will be holding runoff elections in all or parts of the county: <strong>Benton, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Forrest, Harrison, Hinds, Jefferson, Jones, Lafayette, Lamar, Madison, Marshall, Noxubee, Smith, Tishomingo, Walthall<\/strong>, and <strong>Yalobusha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDExMjQuMzEwMDc1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zb3MubXMuZ292L2NvbnRlbnQvZG9jdW1lbnRzL2VsZWN0aW9ucy9SdW5vZmZFbGVjdGlvbk5vdjI0LnBkZiJ9.KPbE1_sRhy-vGf9MhQCgN9wSqMr1zo_okXpb8l8RYYg\/s\/160411012\/br\/90316684651-l\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to review what voters can expect to see on the ballot.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Problems at the polls observed by State observers or otherwise reported to the Elections Division will be referred to the authorities, including the <strong>Attorney General\u2019s Office<\/strong> or appropriate <strong>District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/strong>, as the Secretary of State\u2019s Office has no statutory authority to punish violations of election law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runoff Election Day Reminders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Polling Place Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0Polling places open at 7:00 am and will remain open until 7:00 pm However, any person who is in line at the time polls close will be allowed to vote.<\/li><li><strong>Polling Place Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Please contact your county Circuit Clerk\u2019s Office for directions to your polling place. Several counties have changed polling places due to COVID-19.<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDExMjQuMzEwMDc1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zb3MubXMuZ292L2NvbnRlbnQvZG9jdW1lbnRzL2VsZWN0aW9ucy9Qb2xsaW5nUGxhY2VDaGFuZ2VzLnBkZiJ9.P1520h2vJQYXQBQN-kacZ7Sv4Vnt7yvb1ENwMxBwbjg\/s\/160411012\/br\/90316684651-l\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a list of polling place changes reported to our office.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Voter Photo ID:<\/strong>&nbsp;Voters are required to show photo identification at the polls. A voter without an acceptable form of photo identification is entitled to cast an affidavit ballot.<ul><li>An affidavit ballot may be counted if the voter provides an acceptable form of photo identification to the Circuit Clerk\u2019s Office within five business days after the election.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDExMjQuMzEwMDc1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5tc3ZvdGVyaWQubXMuZ292LyJ9.l5ZbP92XxqRURCponuKqmtddYsV59o6c43bT_JZkm5U\/s\/160411012\/br\/90316684651-l\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more information.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Campaigning:<\/strong>&nbsp;It is unlawful to campaign for any candidate within 150 feet of any entrance to a polling place, unless on private property.<\/li><li><strong>Loitering:<\/strong>&nbsp;The polling places should be clear for 30 feet from every entrance of all people except elections officials, voters waiting to vote, or authorized poll watchers.<\/li><li><strong>Camera Phones:<\/strong>&nbsp;Voters are prohibited from taking pictures of their marked ballot.<\/li><li><strong>COVID-19<\/strong>: Voters are encouraged to practice good hygiene and follow CDC guidelines at the polls.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Mississippi&#8217;s Secretary of State continues to certify 2020 General Election results, voters across the state are preparing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":36526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[17556,17555,15655,7386,4209,2349,17558,17557,17559,1096,1089,1752,1180,5,17560,16902,4207,17561,17562,2387],"class_list":["post-107547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-government","tag-benton","tag-bolivar","tag-chickasaw","tag-elections","tag-forrest","tag-harrison","tag-hinds","tag-jefferson","tag-jones","tag-lafayette","tag-lamar","tag-madison","tag-marshall","tag-mississippi","tag-noxubee","tag-secretary-of-state","tag-smith","tag-tishomingo","tag-walthall","tag-yalobusha"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Voting.jpg?fit=615%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}