Tie Plant voters receive election services through the Grenada County Circuit Clerk's Office, which administers all elections throughout Grenada County. The Circuit Clerk's office is located at 59 Green Street, Grenada, MS 38901, phone (662) 226-1821. This office handles voter registration, maintains voter rolls, processes absentee ballot applications, and conducts elections for the community and surrounding areas.
Mississippi residents can register to vote online through the Secretary of State's website at www.sos.ms.gov/elections, or by submitting a paper application to the Circuit Clerk's office. The state requires registration to be completed 30 days before any election. When registering, voters must provide a Mississippi driver's license or state ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. At the polls, Mississippi requires voters to present an approved form of photo identification, including Mississippi driver's licenses, U.S. Passports, government employee ID cards, student IDs from Mississippi colleges, tribal photo IDs, or free Mississippi Voter Identification cards available from Circuit Clerk offices. As an unincorporated community, Tie Plant does not hold municipal elections for mayor or city council. Instead, residents participate in Grenada County elections for County Supervisors (five districts), Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Coroner, and other county offices. County elections in Mississippi are held in November of odd-numbered years, with the next county elections scheduled for November 2027. Local voters also participate in state elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, and Mississippi State Legislature (Senate and House of Representatives). These statewide offices are elected in November of odd-numbered years preceding presidential election years, with the next gubernatorial election in November 2027. Mississippi does not have a U.S. Senate race in 2026; both U.S. Senate seats for Mississippi (currently held by Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith) will next be up in 2024 and 2026 depending on the seat, with the regular cycle following federal election schedules. Voters can find their assigned polling place by using the polling place lookup tool on the Mississippi Secretary of State's website at www.sos.ms.gov, by contacting the Grenada County Circuit Clerk's office, or by checking their voter registration card which lists the assigned precinct and polling location.Presidential and federal elections in Mississippi are held in even-numbered years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. For the November 3, 2026 general election, Tie Plant and Grenada County voters will decide races for the U.S. House of Representatives (Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District, which includes Grenada County), along with potential special elections or ballot measures that may be called. Mississippi does not have gubernatorial or other statewide offices on the ballot in 2026, as those are elected in odd-numbered years. Voters should verify specific races and ballot measures with the Circuit Clerk's office as the election approaches. Mississippi offers absentee voting for voters who meet specific criteria under Mississippi Code § 23-15-713, including voters who will be away from their county on election day, voters with temporary or permanent physical disabilities, persons 65 years or older, voters required to work on election day during all hours polls are open, parents with children requiring care during polling hours, and election workers assigned outside their home precinct. Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the Circuit Clerk's office, and completed ballots must be received by 5:00 PM on the Saturday before the election or postmarked by election day and received within five business days. Mississippi does not offer no-excuse absentee voting or universal mail-in voting. Election records that are public in Mississippi include voter registration lists (available for purchase by candidates and political organizations under Mississippi Code § 23-15-47), campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State's office and searchable online, candidate qualifying information showing who has filed to run for office, and official election results by precinct published after each election. The Mississippi Secretary of State's website provides election results, candidate information, and campaign finance data at www.sos.ms.gov. Grenada County precinct-level results are compiled by the Circuit Clerk and reported to the Secretary of State, and are available to the public after certification of election results.