With the primary election approaching, registered voters who intend to vote absentee have about a week to do so.
Pearl River County Circuit Clerk Nance Stokes said the deadline to vote absentee in the Picayune or Poplarville office is March 7 at noon. Both locations of the Circuit Clerk’s office, located in Chimney Square in Picayune on Goodyear Boulevard, or in the County Courthouse in Poplarville on Main Street, will be open the Saturdays of Feb. 29 and March 7 from 8 a.m. until noon.
If a voter has requested an absentee ballot be mailed to them, that ballot must be mailed back to her office and received in her office by March 9 at 5 p.m. Absentee ballots that were requested by mail can only be mailed back, not handed in to the Circuit Clerk’s office.
If a resident has not already registered to vote but wants to vote in the primary runoff, if one is needed, they have until March 2 to do so. A runoff, if needed, will be held on March 31, Stokes said.
Candidates on the Republican ballot running for President of the United States will be incumbent Donald Trump, Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente and Bill Weld.
Republican candidates running for the Fourth Congressional House of Representatives include incumbent Steven Palazzo, Carl Boyanton, Robert L. Deming III and Samuel Hickman.
Only one candidate is listed as running for United States Senate on the Republican ticket, incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
On the Democratic ticket, candidates running for President of the United States include Joseph R. Biden, Michael R. Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.
Democratic candidates running for United States Senator include Tobey Bernard Bartee, Jensen Bohren and Mike Espy.
There is no Democratic candidate running for the office of Fourth Congressional House of Representatives.