Minter City, Mississippi Public Records

Mississippi voters can register online at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/voter-registration-information or submit paper applications to the Circuit Clerk's office. Registration must be completed at least 30 days before any election. When voting in person, Mississippi requires a valid photo identification, including a Mississippi driver's license, U.S. Passport, government employee ID card, firearms license, student photo ID from an accredited Mississippi college or university, U.S. Military ID, tribal photo ID, Mississippi voter identification card, or certain other government-issued IDs. As an unincorporated community without municipal government, Minter City has no city council elections, mayoral races, or municipal ballot measures. Residents participate in Leflore County, state, and federal elections instead. The county holds elections for five county supervisors representing different districts, along with sheriff, chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, coroner, and other county offices on a four-year cycle. Mississippi state elections follow a unique calendar, with all state offices elected in odd-numbered years.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Minter voters are published by the Mississippi Secretary of State Elections (https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting). Federal elections include U.S. Senate contests for two seats with staggered six-year terms. Residents can locate their assigned polling place using the Mississippi Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/polling-place-locator or by calling the Leflore County Circuit Clerk at (662) 453-1041. Assignments are based on precinct boundaries tied to voter residence addresses. These figures align with historical patterns seen across Mississippi Delta counties. The county has historically leaned heavily Democratic in federal and state contests. Depending on the election cycle, county offices such as supervisors, sheriff, and other positions may also be on the ballot if their four-year terms expire that year. Voters should check with the Leflore County Circuit Clerk for a complete sample ballot as the election approaches. Mississippi offers absentee voting for voters meeting specific qualifications defined in Mississippi Code § 23-15-713. Eligible voters include those away from their county of residence on election day, voters with temporary or permanent physical disabilities, voters 65 years or older, election workers assigned to a different precinct, parents with children requiring medical care, and voters required to be at work during all poll hours. The state does not offer universal no-excuse absentee voting or widespread mail-in voting. Absentee ballot applications are available from the Leflore County Circuit Clerk's office or can be downloaded from the Secretary of State's website. Voted absentee ballots must be received by the Circuit Clerk by 5:00 p.m. On the Saturday before Election Day if voting by mail, or by 7:00 p.m. On Election Day if voting in person at the clerk's office. Public election records in Mississippi include voter registration lists, available for purchase for political purposes under Mississippi Code § 23-15-47, and campaign finance reports filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State's office and searchable at https://cfportal.sos.ms.gov/online/portal/cf/page/cf-search/Portal. Also available are candidate qualifying information and ballot access filings, precinct-level election results published by the Secretary of State at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/election-results, and official canvass documents certified by county election commissions. Mississippi provides reasonable public access to election administration records while protecting individual voter privacy regarding ballot choices.