Concerns raised over phony absentee ballot requests
This year, as in every other election year, the clerks in the Lowndes County Circuit Clerk’s Office are busy helping hundreds of voters wanting to cast absentee ballots, by taking their phone calls, helping them vote at the courthouse and sending ballots to those who have requested them in the mail.
Gaming the system: Absentee votes often pivotal in local elections
Sara Deloach. Patricia Brooks. Judy Lewis.
Candidates who have run for office in Columbus and Lowndes County over the past 40-plus years likely know at least one, if not all, of these women and might have even used their services.
Ward 2 candidate challenges absentees
Eric Thomas is challenging the Ward 2 Democratic primary results.
Miss. election chief: Turnout may be below 50 percent
Absentee voting in Mississippi is disappointingly down from the last presidential election and turnout might be below 50 percent, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, said Tuesday.
Absentee voting picking up in Lowndes, Oktibbeha
Absentee voting is off to a fast start in Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties.
Absentee voting begins today
Although the 2016 election is 42 days away, some voters will begin casting their ballots today as absentee voters.
Saturday is primary absentee deadline
Saturday is the last chance for in-person absentee voting in Mississippi’s presidential primaries.
Ward 5 absentee ballots available
Absentee ballots are now available for the Ward 5 council seat runoff.
Primary absentee ballots available
The Lowndes County Circuit Clerk’s office is now providing absentee ballots for the primary election in March.
In-person absentee voter deadline is Saturday
Golden Triangle residents have until noon Saturday to cast in-person absentee ballots at their local circuit clerk’s office.
Question of issues with absentee voting remains
For all the talk about voter fraud and ways to combat it, the most vulnerable aspect of the election process remains in the area of absentee voting.
Absentee deadline approaching for Tuesday’s special election
Circuit clerks’ offices in the Golden Triangle will be open until noon Saturday to accommodate absentee voters for Tuesday’s special runoff election for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District.
Saturday is absentee deadline for special election
Golden Triangle circuit clerks’ offices will remain open until noon Saturday to accommodate absentee voters for Tuesday’s special U.S. House of Representatives election.
Absentee voting ends Saturday
The deadline for absentee voting in next week’s general election is Saturday at noon.
Lowndes Co. school bond goes to voters Aug. 26
Lowndes County voters will head to the polls Aug. 26 to decide a $47 million school bond issue and Lowndes County Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar said her office is ready.
Absentee ballot requests up in state
The number of requested absentee ballots in the Golden Triangle ahead of today’s run-off election is greater than the number requested prior to the June 3 primary.