Absentee voting begins Monday

Mississippi absentee voting begins Monday morning.

IN MISSISSIPPI IF YOU WANT TOVOTE ABSENTEE DO YOU HAVE TWOOPTIONS.

YOU CAN REQUEST AN YOUCAN REQUEST A BALLOT BE SENT TOYOUR HOME MAIL.

OR YOU CAN VOTEIN PERSON AT YOUR LOCALCIRCUIT CLERK'S OFFICE.

THEFIRST STEP IS TO FILL OUT ANABSENTEE APPLICATION.PURPLE 3867TONI JOHNSON/ELECTION COMMISSIONCHAIRMAN1:43-1:54YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT THEAPPLICATION STATING THEREASON THAT YOU WILL BE VOTINGABSENTEE.

WHETHER IT'S YBEING 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.YOU'LL BE WORKING ONELECTION DAY YOU'LL BE OUT OFTOWN ARE YOU MAY HAVE ATEMPORARY DISABILITY.IF YOU'RE VOTING BY MAIL, ONCEYOU FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONSEND IT BACK TO THE CLERK'SOFFICE.THEY WILL MAIL YOU A BALLOTALONG WITH ASPECIAL ENVELOPE.ELECTION COMMISSIONER TONIJOHNSON SAYS NOW YOU'RE READY TOVOTE.SO ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR BALLOTYOU PUT IT IN THE ENVELOPESEAL IT.

AS THE VOTE ARE YOUHAVE TO SIGN ACROSS THE FLAPTHEN YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET ITNOTARIZED ACROSS THE FLAPIN ORDER FOR IT TO COUNT.

PURPLE38672:55-3:00OBVIOUSLY IF YOU NEED ITNOTARIZED YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TOTHE PROCESSOF FINDING A LEGAL NOTARY ANDHAVE THEM STAMP AND SIGN THEENVELOPE AND THEN RETURN IT BYMAIL.JOHNSON SAYS IF YOU'RE VOTINGABSENTEE AT THECLERK'S OFFICE DON'T WORRY ABOUTFINDINGSOMEONE TO NOTARIZE YOUR BALLOTENVELOPE.PURPLE 38673:08-3:15ALL OF THE CLERKS ARE EITHERWITNESSES OR NOTARIES SO YOUDON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.THEY WILL COMPLETE THAON SITE FOR YOU AND YOU'LL BEDONE.HINDS COUNTY COULD SEE A RECORDNUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS THISYEAR IN PARTBECAUSE CORONAVIRUS FEARS.ELECTION LEADERS SAY YOUR BESTBET VOTE ASEARLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID LONGLINES AT THELAST MINUTE.ROSS ADAMS 16 WAPT NEWS REMEMBER IF YOU VOTE ABSENTEE,YOU WON'TGET CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTEON ELECTION DAY.