Absentee Voting Begins Monday for August Primary Election

By Alyssa Schnugg

News editor

alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com

The first time voters can cast an absentee vote in the upcoming primaries will be on Monday.

All in-house absentee voting takes place at the Lafayette County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office in the Courthouse on the Square.

The deadline to register for the Aug. 8 primaries is July 10.

Other than its regular 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday hours, the Court Clerk’s Office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on July 8 and 29 and Aug. 5 for absentee voting.

The general election is Nov. 7.

Only Republican and Democratic candidates are on the ballots for the primary election. Independent candidates will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.

In Lafayette County, Republican voters will be casting their vote in 32 primary elections and Democrats in 19 elections in August.

Voters can only choose one ballot for the primary; however, if someone votes Republican in the primary, then they must request the Republican ballot if there is a runoff. In the General Election, a person can vote for either party, regardless of how they voted in the primary election.

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LAFAYETTE COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS

DISTRICT 1

OXFORD 1 – MS State Extension Office – (70 FD Buddy East Parkway)

Denmark-Lafayette Springs – (11 CR 287 – Fire Station #11 Lafayette Springs)

Yocona – (826 Hwy. 334 – Yocona Community Center)

DISTRICT 2

OXFORD 2 – Conference Center – (102 Ed Perry Blvd. – Oxford Conf. Center)

Philadelphia – (1301 Hwy. 30 East Etta – Philadelphia Fire Station #12) ZIP: 38627

DISTRICT 3

OXFORD 3 – Oxford Activity Center – (400 Price Street)

Abbeville – (62 CR 106 – Springfield MB Church) ZIP: 38601

College Hill – (10 CR 130 – College Hill Community Center)

Taylor – (78 First Street – Taylor Community Center) ZIP: 38673

DISTRICT 4

OXFORD 4 – (1111 Jackson Ave. West – Jackson Avenue Center) – old mall: Wal-Mart location

Anchor/Taylor – (177 CR 376 Water Valley – Green’s Shop on Hwy. 7 South) ZIP: 38965

Burgess – (46 CR 313 Oxford – Clear Creek Baptist Church)

Harmontown – (599 Hwy. 310 Como Fire Station #1 – Harmontown) ZIP: 38619

Union West – (823 CR 313 – Fire Station #16)

DISTRICT 5

• OXFORD 5 – VOTING PRECINCT 501 (101 Ctr Ridge Drive – Old Health Department – Hwy 7 South)
• Airport Grocery – (15 CR 369 7 South 7/9 Split – Fire Station #3)
• Paris – (31 CR 430 Paris Fire Station #14) ZIP: 38949
• Tula – (153 CR 436 Oxford – Tula Fire Station #6)