Mississippi voters who voted affidavit because they didn’t bring an acceptable form of picture identification to the polls have until 5 p.m. Tuesday to bring an acceptable form of ID to their county’s circuit clerk office for their vote to count.

Acceptable photo IDs include government-issued IDs like a driver’s license or passport. Contact your circuit clerk’s office for specific guidelines as well as to confirm opening and closing times.

Any voter who voted affidavit because of this issue that does not confirm their ID will have their vote rejected.

Tuesday at 5 p.m. is also the deadline for any mailed absentee ballots postmarked no latter than Election Day to arrive. County election commissioners will then begin finalizing all vote totals in time for the state’s mandated certification deadline of Nov. 13.

Assistant Editor Kevin Edwards joins the MFP after spending more than six years in newspapers around Mississippi. A native of El Paso, Texas, Kevin moved to Cleveland in Bolivar County when he was 10 years old and has spent most of his life in the Mississippi Delta. He graduated from Delta State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in liberal studies, as well as a master’s in journalism from the University of Memphis. Following his education, he spent a year with the Birmingham, Alabama-based nonprofit Impact America in its Memphis office as an AmeriCorps member, providing free vision screenings to young children and free tax preparation for working families. His time as a reporter includes nearly four years with The Greenwood Commonwealth in Greenwood, as well as The Bolivar Commercial in Cleveland and The Commercial Dispatch in Columbus. Kevin lives in Sidon, just outside Greenwood city limits in Leflore County.