Dundee, Mississippi Public Records

Mississippi voter registration can be completed online at the Mississippi Secretary of State's website at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/voter-registration-information, by mail using a voter registration application, or in person at the Circuit Clerk's office. Registration deadlines require applications to be postmarked or submitted at least 30 days before an election. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Mississippi residents, at least 18 years old by election date, and not disqualified by felony conviction unless rights have been restored or court-determined mental incapacity. Photo identification is required when voting in person in Mississippi; acceptable IDs include driver's licenses, photo ID cards issued by Mississippi, U.S. Passports, government employee IDs, firearms licenses, student IDs from accredited Mississippi institutions, tribal photo IDs, or Mississippi voter photo IDs available free from Circuit Clerks. As an unincorporated community, Dundee does not hold municipal elections for mayor or city council since it has no incorporated city government. Residents vote in Tunica County elections for Board of Supervisors (five districts), Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Coroner, and other county offices. County elections are held in November of odd-numbered years following party primaries in August. Mississippi state elections include the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, Insurance Commissioner, and state legislative seats (52 Senate districts and 122 House districts). These statewide offices are elected in November of odd-numbered years, most recently 2023, next in 2027. U.S. Senator Roger Wicker's seat is up in 2024, and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's seat will be contested in 2026. Mississippi's four U.S. House seats, including the district representing Tunica County, are elected every two years. Local residents can find their assigned polling place by contacting the Tunica County Circuit Clerk at (662) 363-2451 or checking the Mississippi Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool online. Mississippi does not offer "no-excuse" absentee voting; absentee ballots are available only to voters who will be away from their county on election day, have a temporary or permanent physical disability, are 65 or older, are required to work on election day during polling hours, are a parent/guardian/caretaker of a dependent person with a disability, or are members of Congress with official duties. Absentee ballot applications must be requested from and returned to the Circuit Clerk's office; applications for regular absentee ballots must be received by 12:00 noon on the Saturday before the election. In the November 2024 presidential election, Tunica County recorded approximately 3,200-3,500 votes cast, representing moderate turnout for Tunica County's roughly 6,000 registered voters. The county historically votes Democratic in presidential elections, reflecting the demographics of the Mississippi Delta region. On November 3, 2026, Dundee and Tunica County voters will decide several important races: the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Cindy Hyde-Smith (Class II, elected in 2020 special election), the U.S. House of Representatives sefor Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District (which includes Tunica County), Mississippi state legislative seats (State Senate District and State House District covering Tunica County), and potentially Tunica County Board of Supervisors seats depending on the district election cycle. Mississippi does not hold gubernatorial elections in 2026, with the next scheduled for 2027. Public election records in Mississippi include voter registration lists available to candidates and political parties under certain conditions, campaign finance reports filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State's office and viewable at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/campaign-finance, candidate qualifying documents, election results by precinct available from the Circuit Clerk and Secretary of State, and absentee ballot applications, though voted ballots themselves are secret. Precinct-level results for Tunica County elections are certified by the Circuit Clerk and provided to the Secretary of State. Mississippi law provides public access to most election administration records under the Mississippi Public Records Act, though certain information such as Social Security numbers and dates of birth on voter registration records are protected from disclosure.