Harrisville, Mississippi Public Records

Registration must be completed 30 days before any election. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Mississippi residents, at least 18 years old by election date, and not disenfranchised by certain felony convictions, though Mississippi restored voting rights to individuals convicted of certain offenses effective July 1, 2023, under Senate Bill 2095. Since Harrisville is an unincorporated community without municipal government, residents don't vote in city mayoral or city council elections. Instead, political participation centers on Simpson County Board of Supervisors elections, Mississippi state legislative races, statewide offices, and federal elections. The county divides into five supervisor districts, and local voters participate in elections for their district's supervisor seat. These positions carry four-year terms, with the next county elections scheduled for 2027. Residents can locate their assigned polling place by contacting the Circuit Clerk at (601) 847-2474 or using the Mississippi Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/pages/polling-place-lookup.aspx by entering their residential address. For the November 3, 2026 general election, local voters will decide several significant races. Mississippi does not have a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2026, as both seats were last contested in 2024 and 2020, but voters will elect Mississippi's Governor in 2027 (currently Tate Reeves serving a term ending January 2028), all four of Mississippi's U.S. House Representatives (the community falls within Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District), all Mississippi State Senate seats (52 districts, four-year terms), all Mississippi State House seats (122 districts, four-year terms following 2023 redistricting), and various Simpson County offices potentially including Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Sheriff, Tax Assessor, and other constitutional county offices depending on term schedules. Mississippi election records available to the public include voter registration lists (available for purchase by qualified requestors under Mississippi Code § 23-15-47 for political purposes), campaign finance reports filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State and searchable at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/campaign-finance, candidate qualifying information, and precinct-level election results published by the Secretary of State after certification. Absentee voting in Mississippi requires voters to meet specific criteria including being away from their county of residence on election day, having a temporary or permanent physical disability, being 65 years or older, serving as an elected official or poll worker, or being a parent, spouse, or dependent of a person with a disability. Applications must be submitted to the Circuit Clerk and received by specific deadlines, typically the Saturday before the election for mail-return ballots. Mississippi does not offer no-excuse absentee voting, and early in-person voting is not widely available, making election day voting at assigned precincts the primary method for most residents.