Scobey, Mississippi Public Records

Registration must be completed at least 30 days before an election, and the state requires voters to provide a driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number when registering. Since the community is unincorporated without municipal government, residents do not vote in city elections but participate in county, state, and federal contests. Yalobusha County elections include contests for the five-member Board of Supervisors (district-based, four-year terms), Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Coroner, and other county offices, typically held in November of odd-numbered years following Mississippi's election calendar. Residents can locate their assigned polling place by contacting the Circuit Clerk's office or using the Mississippi polling place lookup at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/pages/polling-place-finder.aspx. Mississippi requires voters to present photo identification at the polls, including driver's licenses, Mississippi photo ID cards, U.S. Passports, government employee IDs, firearms licenses, student IDs from accredited Mississippi institutions, tribal photo IDs, or Mississippi voter photo IDs available free from Circuit Clerks. In the November 2024 presidential election, Yalobusha County recorded approximately 4,800 total votes with turnout around 62-65% of registered voters, consistent with rural Mississippi counties; the county favored Republican candidates by significant margins, typical of its voting patterns. Senate elections (Mississippi's junior senator seat is not up in 2026, but the senior seat held by Roger Wicker may be up depending on the election cycle), Mississippi's four U.S. House seats (the area is in District 1), and potentially special elections or local ballot measures. Mississippi gubernatorial elections occur in odd-numbered years (next in 2027), and state legislative elections for the 52-member Senate and 122-member House of Representatives occur every four years (next in 2027). County office elections will occur in 2027. Absentee voting in Mississippi is available to voters who meet specific criteria: those who will be away from their county on election day, are 65 or older, have a permanent or temporary physical disability, are a parent/caregiver/spouse of a dependent person with a disability, are required to work during polling hours including commuters, or are election officials or poll workers. Absentee ballot applications are available from the Circuit Clerk beginning 45 days before an election, and completed ballots must be received by 7:00 PM on election day. Mississippi does not offer no-excuse absentee voting. Public election records accessible to residents include voter registration lists (available for inspection at Circuit Clerk offices, with copies available to candidates and certain organizations), campaign finance reports filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State (searchable at https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/campaign-finance), candidate qualifying documents, official election results by precinct (posted by the Circuit Clerk and Secretary of State), and election related board minutes.