The anticipated November 5 election is this coming Tuesday, and there’s much more on the Sunflower County ballot(s) than the presidential choices.
Sample ballots are on Page 22.
Sunflower County Circuit Clerk Carolyn Hamilton said this week that it is not too late for voters to call her office to update their addresses.
“The rule of an affidavit is you should vote where you live,” Hamilton said. “If you cast a ballot at a precinct that is not correct, the ballot will be rejected. You must vote where you live.”
Her office will be open this Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon.
Voters in the county’s third supervisor district will be choosing a candidate to fill
that seat until the next regular election.
Vying for that seat are Roger Anthony and Joseph “Joe” Wilson Sr.
The seat first came open last November when Supervisor Ben Gaston passed away the week of Thanksgiving.
The Sunflower County Board of Supervisors appointed his widow, Sherry Gaston, to fill the seat until next week’s special election.
She did not seek the seat this election.
The precincts for this election are Indianola 3 South, Indianola 3 South-West and Indianola 3 North-East.
Of note, the former Justice Court building, which previously housed the 3 South precinct, was demolished last week. Voters who normally voted there will vote at the Lions Club building on Sunflower Avenue this coming Tuesday.
County District 1 and District 5 voters will choose an election commissioner each.
All Sunflower County voters may participate in the presidential election, which has nine choices on the ballot this time, including Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz on the Democratic ticket and former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance on the Republican ticket.
Voters here will also help to choose between Democrat Ty Pinkins and Republican incumbent Roger Wicker for the United States Senate, as well as Republican candidate Ron Eller and Democratic incumbent candidate Bennie G. Thompson for the United States House of Representatives seat for the Second Congressional District.
Voters will choose the next Supreme Court justice for the Central District.
Those candidates include Jenifer B. Branning, Byron Carter, Ceola James, incumbent Jim Kitchens and Abby Gale Robinson.
