Election Day quickly approaches as in-person absentee voting ends

SOME VOTERS IN THE FINAL HOURS BEFORE THEY CAST THEIR VOTE TUESDAY.. THE RESIDENTS I SPOKE WITH TODAY DO SCOTT…. FEELING LIKE GETTING OUT AND VOTING IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD. <JEREMY HEFNER, JACKSON RESIDENT: “YOU GOT NO VOTE, YOU GOT NO CHOICE.”> NATIONWIDE CITIZENS WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CAST THEIR VOTE TUESDAY. <NAJLA SHARRIEF, JACKSON RESIDENT: “IT’S A HUGE DEAL. IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US WHO ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND VOTE.”> ??????TWO CONGRESSIONAL RACES ARE ON THE BALLOT LOCALLY… INCUMBENTS FIGHTING FOR THEIR SPOT. <“THE PEOPLE THAT WE VOTE FOR, IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AROUND US, SO WHY NOT GO VOTE?”> ??????REPRESENTATIVE BENNIE THOMPSON IS RUNNING AGAINST BRIAN FLOWERS… ??????AND REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL GUEST WILL FACE SHUWASKI A. YOUNG. ??????RESIDENTS BELIEVING VOTING DOES MAKE AN IMPACT. <NAJLA SHARRIEF: “WE’RE EITHER A PART OF THE SOLUTION OR A PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO, IF YOU WANT THINGS TO CHANGE, THEN YOU SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE TO PLAY YOUR PART AND MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.”> <IF YOU DON’T VOTE, YOU CAN’T SAY THAT YOU DID ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE SITUATION AROUND US.”> IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING CLOSED SATURDAY… BUT MAIL-IN ABSENTEE BALLOTS MUST BE POST-MARKED AT OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH AND RECEIVED BY THE CIRCUIT COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS. PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. <JEREMY HEFNER, JACKSON RESIDENT: “IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, YOU CAN’T COMPLAIN IF YOU DON’T VOTE.”> THE MOTIVATION TO VOTE FOR SOME IS DERIVED FROM THE NATION’S DARK PAST OF WHO WAS ALLOWED TO HEAD TO THE POLLS. <NAJLA SHARRIEF: “THERE WAS A LOT DONE AND A LOT SACRIFICED, A LOT OF LIVES EVEN LOST TO GIVE THE OPTION FOR US TO VOTE.”> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS… YOU CAN VISIT OUR MISSISSIPPI 2022 GENERAL ELECTION GUIDE ON OUR WEBSITE AND 16 WAPT NEWS APP. POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 7 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 7 AT NIGHT. AS LONG AS YOU ARE IN LINE BEFORE 7… YOU CAN STILL CAST A VOT

Election Day quickly approaches as in-person absentee voting ends

Four key Congressional races on the line

Updated: 9:20 PM CST Nov 6, 2022

Midterm Elections are just days away.In-person absentee voting wrapped up Saturday in Mississippi, but mail-in ballots will be accepted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 8.In addition to judicial races around the Metro, two Congressional races are on the ballot.Rep. Bennie Thompson is defending his longtime seat in U.S. House District 2 against Brian Flowers. Rep. Michael Guest is also defending his seat against Shuwaski Young in U.S. House District 3.Voters in the races for U.S. House Districts 1 & 4 will also cast their ballots.

JACKSON, Miss. —

Midterm Elections are just days away.

In-person absentee voting wrapped up Saturday in Mississippi, but mail-in ballots will be accepted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 8.

In addition to judicial races around the Metro, two Congressional races are on the ballot.

Rep. Bennie Thompson is defending his longtime seat in U.S. House District 2 against Brian Flowers.

Rep. Michael Guest is also defending his seat against Shuwaski Young in U.S. House District 3.

Voters in the races for U.S. House Districts 1 & 4 will also cast their ballots.