Mississippi circuit clerk offices will pay eligible registered voters to work at voting precincts on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. 

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office and county circuit clerks are accepting applications for poll workers. Applicants must be registered to vote in the county where they apply. Pay ranges from $115 to $200 depending on the county. Some counties may also pay poll workers to attend training sessions, which they must attend before working on Election Day.

Mississippians can apply to work the voting polls on the Mississippi Secretary of State’s website.

Mississippi Votes, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) and the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign are also paying and training non-partisan poll monitors “to observe polling places, identify barriers, and assist voters, particularly in communities that historically face challenges in accessing the ballot box,” an Oct. 14 press release from Mississippi Votes says. Participants must attend one of nine training sessions ahead of Election Day, Nov. 5, as well as be present at a voting precinct all day on Election Day. Interested volunteers can register for training at this link.

Mississippians will vote for presidential, congressional, judicial and regional offices on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Any eligible registered voter who registered to vote in person by Oct. 7 or had their voter registration application postmarked by Oct. 7 can cast a ballot in the general election.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contact your local circuit clerk or election commissioners for polling place information. Voters must bring an accepted form of photo ID to the polls; if they do not have an accepted form of photo ID, voters can get a free voter ID from their local circuit clerk before Election Day. For more information, visit sos.ms.gov/yall-vote.

State Reporter Heather Harrison has won more than a dozen awards for her multi-media journalism work. At Mississippi State University, she studied public relations and broadcast journalism, earning her Communication degree in 2023. For three years, Heather worked at The Reflector student newspaper: first as a staff reporter, then as the news editor and finally, as the editor-in-chief. This is where her passion for politics and government reporting began.
Heather started working at the Mississippi Free Press three days after graduation in 2023. She also worked part time for Starkville Daily News after college covering the Board of Aldermen meetings.
In her free time, Heather likes to sit on the porch, read books and listen to Taylor Swift. A native of Hazlehurst, she now lives in Brandon with her wife and their Boston Terrier, Finley, and calico cat, Ravioli.