Falcon, Mississippi Public Records

Mississippi also offers online voter registration through the Mississippi Secretary of State's website at www.sos.ms.gov/elections. Applicants registering online must provide their Mississippi driver's license or state ID number, date of birth, and the last four digits of their Social Security number. The system verifies this information with the Department of Public Safety. The voter registration deadline in Mississippi is 30 days before any election. First-time voters who register by mail and haven't previously voted in the state must cast their first ballot in person, unless they qualify for absentee voting. Valid photo identification is required at the polls, including a Mississippi driver's license, photo ID issued by any branch or agency of Mississippi government, U.S. Passport, government employee ID, firearms license, student ID from an accredited Mississippi university, tribal photo ID, or U.S. Military ID. Falcon does not have its own municipal government and therefore doesn't hold city elections for mayor or city council. Instead, residents participate in Quitman County elections for county supervisors (five districts), sheriff, circuit clerk, chancery clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, coroner, and other county offices. These county elections are held along with state and federal elections. Quitman County is divided into five supervisor districts, each electing one member to the Board of Supervisors. Local voters should verify their supervisor district by contacting the Circuit Clerk's office.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Falcon voters are published by the Mississippi Secretary of State Elections (https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting). State legislative elections for Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate occur every four years. The community is located within specific state House and Senate districts; voters can find their legislative districts using the district lookup tool at www.sos.ms.gov. Polling place assignments for Falcon voters are determined by precinct. Quitman County has several voting precincts, and residents are assigned based on their residential address. Voters can find their assigned polling place by contacting the Quitman County Circuit Clerk at (662) 326-2661 or by using the polling place lookup tool on the Mississippi Secretary of State website. Polling locations are typically community centers, fire stations, schools, or government buildings, open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on election day. Mississippi provides public access to several types of election records. Voter registration rolls are public records, though they contain some protected information; qualified requesters can obtain voter lists for lawful purposes. Campaign finance reports for candidates and political committees are filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State and are available for public inspection on the Secretary of State's website. Precinct-level election results are published after each election, showing vote totals by candidate and by county and precinct. Candidate qualifying information, including filings for office and petition signatures, is available through the Circuit Clerk's office for county races and the Secretary of State for state and federal races. At the federal level, Mississippi will hold elections for one U.S. Senate seat (regular six-year term) and all four U.S. House of Representatives seats; Quitman County is part of Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District. The Mississippi Legislature does not have elections in 2026, as state legislative races were last held in 2023 and occur every four years. Voters should check with the Quitman County Circuit Clerk or the Mississippi Secretary of State for a complete list of races and candidates as the election approaches. School board elections for the Quitman County School District may also appear on the ballot. Mississippi allows absentee voting for voters who meet specific criteria: voters who will be away from their county of residence on election day, voters with a temporary or permanent physical disability, voters who are 65 years of age or older by election day, parents with a minor child in their care on election day, required to work on election day during polling hours, a member of Congress residing in the Washington D.C. Area, a spouse or dependent of a member of Congress residing in the Washington D.C. Area, or an active duty military member or spouse/dependent. Absentee ballot applications are available from the Quitman County Circuit Clerk's office and on the Secretary of State's website. Completed applications must be submitted to the Circuit Clerk's office by mail or in person. The deadline for absentee ballot applications is seven days before the election (by 5:00 PM). Absentee ballots must be returned by mail and postmarked by election day, or hand-delivered to the Circuit Clerk's office by 7:00 PM on election day. Mississippi does not offer universal no-excuse absentee voting or widespread mail-in voting; voters must qualify under one of the enumerated categories.