Monday is the deadline for non-registered voters to register if they plan to vote in the June 5, 2018 Democratic or Republican congressional primaries for U.S. House or Senate races.
For convenience, Circuit Court clerk's offices across the state will be open from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday for new voter registrations or people who need to update registrations with a new address or name change.
Mississippi does not allow online voter registration. Registrations must be done in person or by mail. To be eligible for the June 5 primary, by-mail registrations must be postmarked Saturday.
Mississippi is one of eight states across the country with federal primaries on June 5. State voters will pick Republican and Democratic nominees in each of the state's four congressional districts, although not all are contested, and the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Roger Wicker of Tupelo.
The Senate seat vacated by long-time Sen. Thad Cochran will be filed by a non-partisan special election on Nov. 6, 2018, the same day as the general election.
Other races, including state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, chancery, circuit and county judges and school boards also are on the November ballots but not in the June primaries.
In the U.S. Senate race for Wicker's seat, Wicker is challenged by Richard Boyanton in the Republican primary and six Democrats -- David Baria, Jensen Bohren, Jerone Garland, Victor Maurice Jr., Omeria Scott and Howard Sherman --are seeking the party's nomination.
If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two vote-getters will be June 26.
In the House races, Republican incumbent Trent Kelly and Democrat challenger Randy Wadkins are unopposed in the respective First District primaries and Democrat incumbent Bennie Thompson is unopposed in both the primary and the general election in the Second District.
The most contested primaries are in the Third District where incumbent Gregg Harper is not seeking re-election. Democrats Michael Aycox and Michael Evans are seeking their party's nomination while Republicans Sally Doty, Morgan Dunn, Michael Guest, Whit Hughes, Perry Parker and Katherine Tate are seeking the party's nomination.