The Attala County Circuit Clerk office in the courthouse will be open from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Oct. 6, to allow voters to register for the November 6 election. Voters can also register in person on Monday, Oct. 8, and by mail postmarked no later than Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Although absentee ballots were late to arrive in Attala County, Circuit Clerk Wanda Fancher said her office was able to process absentee requests. Ballots were due here by Sept. 24, but were not expected to be received until Tuesday, after The Star-Herald deadline.
Despite the lack of printed absentee ballots, Fancher said her office had been sending out absentee ballot request letters. If they received them prior to having the formal ballots available, they simply printed them from their computers and mailed them out. The only difference, she said, is that those early absentee ballots would need to be counted by hand.
If you wish to vote as absentee, you can call the Attala County Circuit Clerk office at 662-289-1471, and it will send you an absentee ballot application by mail if you meet the qualifications to vote absentee. In most cases, that application must be filled out and notarized before returning it to the Circuit Clerk’s office. Once an application is received, an absentee ballot will be sent out. Again, the voter must fill out and have that ballot notarized, except in circumstances such as disability.
Absentee voters can vote in person at the Circuit Clerk office on two Saturdays, Oct. 27, and Nov. 3, as well as during normal weekday office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
