Voters will head to the polls next week to cast their ballots for the 2016 election.
Local polls will open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Circuit Clerk Robert Coleman said he is anticipating a smooth election with a large voter turnout at the Yazoo County polls.
“I think there will be a large voter turnout, but I don’t think it will be as large as the 2012 presidential election,” Coleman said. “We are behind on our absentee ballots than we were in 2012.”
Coleman said there were about 800 absentees ballots during the 2012 presidential election.
“As of today, we have at least half of that number,” Coleman said, Thursday morning. “But even though that number has declined, that doesn’t mean more people won’t be at the polls voting.”
The last day to cast an absentee ballot at the Circuit Clerk’s office is today from 8 a.m. until noon. Coleman said absentee ballots may still be mailed in no later than 5 p.m. Monday.
Election posts that will appear on this year’s ballot include:
President and
Vice President
• Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine; Democrat
• Donald Trump and Michael Pence; Republican
• Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley; Constitution
• “Rocky” Roque De La Fuente and Michael Steinberg; American Delta
• Jim Hedges and Bill Bayes; Prohibition
• Gary Johnson and Bill Weld; Libertarian
• Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka; Green
US House of
Representatives
2nd Congressional District
• John Bouie II; Republican
• Bennie Thompson; Democrat
• Johnny McCleod; Reform
• Troy Ray; Independent
Supreme Court
Justice
District 1 (Central)
• Kenny Griffis
• Jim Kitchens
Court of Appeals
District 2
• Ceola James
• Latrice Westbrooks
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District
Levee Commissioner
• William “Coach” Dodd; Democrat
Election
Commissioner 1
• Jerry Alexander; Independent
Election
Commissioner 2
• Virginia “Gigi” Mathews; Independent
Election
Commissioner 3
• Gretta Winters; Independent
Election
Commissioner 4
• Lynn McCallister III; Independent
Election
Commissioner 5
• Claude Collum; Independent
Yazoo County School District 1
• Chastity Ingram May Magyar; Independent
Yazoo County School District 2
• Susan Jenkins; Independent
• Frances “Millicent” Ledbetter; Independent
• Carl Shaffer; Independent
Yazoo County School District 3
• Patricia “Patsy” Burrough; Independent
