Gulfport, Mississippi Public Records

The process requires a Mississippi driver's license or state ID number, Social Security number, and residential address. Same-day registration is not available in Mississippi. Municipal elections for Gulfport's mayor and city council take place in June of odd-numbered years. The most recent election occurred in June 2021, and the next is scheduled for June 2025, when voters will elect the mayor and all seven city council members—six ward representatives and one at-large member. Residents can locate their assigned polling place using the Polling Place Locator at yallvote.sos.ms.gov or by contacting the Harrison County Election Commission. During the November 2024 general election, the county recorded approximately 51% voter turnout, with over 55,000 ballots cast from roughly 108,000 registered voters. On November 3, 2026, Mississippi voters will participate in federal midterm elections covering all four of the state's U.S. House seats. No U.S. Senate seat is up that cycle, as Mississippi's senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith are elected in different years. State-level races in 2026 will not include the Governor's office—the next gubernatorial election is in 2027—but may include seats in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate, depending on district boundaries. County offices such as supervisors, sheriff, tax assessor, circuit clerk, and chancery clerk may also appear on the ballot. Photo ID is required to vote in person under Mississippi law. Acceptable forms include a Mississippi driver's license, U.S. Passport, government employee ID, tribal ID, student ID from a Mississippi college, or a free Voter ID card from the circuit clerk. Absentee voting is available for voters who will be away from their county on election day, have a temporary or permanent physical disability, are 65 or older, are a parent or caretaker of a dependent with a disability, or work as an election official. Absentee ballot applications must reach the Circuit Clerk's office by 5:00 PM the Saturday before the election, and completed ballots must be returned by 7:00 PM on election day. Mississippi does not offer no-excuse absentee voting or universal vote-by-mail. Public election records include voter registration lists (available to candidates and political parties), campaign finance reports filed through the Mississippi Secretary of State's office, candidate qualifying information, and precinct-level election results published by the Secretary of State at sos.ms.gov/elections. Individual voter history—which elections a person voted in, though not how they voted—is considered public record in Mississippi.