Liberty, Mississippi Public Records

As an incorporated municipality, the town holds local elections for Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Mississippi municipal elections typically fall on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June during odd-numbered years, putting the next Liberty municipal elections in June 2025. Residents can contact Town Hall at 107 Main Street (601-657-8231) for details on local candidates and ballot measures. For polling place assignments, voters should contact the Circuit Clerk's office or use the Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool. Under Mississippi's Public Records Act, voter registration lists are public records available through the Circuit Clerk, though commercial use faces restrictions. Campaign finance reports for state and local candidates are filed with the Secretary of State and searchable on their website, while precinct-level results are published following certification. During the November 2024 presidential election, Amite County reported approximately 5,200 registered voters with turnout around 55-60 percent, consistent with rural Mississippi counties. For the November 3, 2026 general election, local voters will decide several important races. Mississippi has no U.S. Senate seat up that year, but voters will elect all four U.S. House members representing the state's congressional districts, Liberty sits in District 2. State-level races include all 122 Mississippi House seats and half of the 52 state Senate seats, with local voters participating in their respective district contests. County offices on the ballot will include Sheriff, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Coroner, and all five Amite County Board of Supervisors seats, as Mississippi holds countywide elections during gubernatorial election years. Mississippi requires voters to present acceptable photo identification at the polls: Mississippi driver's licenses, U.S. Passports, government employee IDs, tribal IDs, student IDs from Mississippi colleges, or free Voter ID cards from Circuit Clerks. Absentee voting is available for qualified voters who are 65 or older, will be away from their county on election day, have a temporary or permanent physical disability, are required to work during polling hours, are parents or caregivers of dependents requiring their presence, or are election workers assigned outside their precinct. Absentee ballot applications go to the Circuit Clerk's office, with deadlines of noon the Saturday before the election for in-person absentee voting and five days before election day for mailed applications.