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Mississippi

Who represents Mississippi in Congress and how to reach them, the Black community by the numbers, the national stories told with Mississippi’s own figures, and what Black newspapers here are reporting. Each figure names its official source.

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Coming to your state

Has your polling place moved before Tuesday?

Local election officials in Mississippi have changed 138 polling places since the 2024 election: 112 moved, 21 closed and 5 opened. The state now has 16 fewer precincts than two years ago. A 2025 state law bars county officials from moving a polling place within 60 days of an election except in an emergency, and the state's online locator can send a voter to the wrong place when its records are wrong. (Mississippi Free Press, October 23, 2026, updated October 27)

Your numbers

About 89,000 Black Mississippians said they were registered but did not vote in 2024, compared with about 81,000 in 2020. (Census Bureau survey estimate)

Who pays

Counties run elections with local tax dollars. The question here is not cost but where you vote. SourceLine takes no side.

Who decides

Election officials in each county choose polling places; the Secretary of State oversees elections and trains them.

What to do now

Check your polling place on the state's My Election Day locator, then confirm it with your county circuit clerk before Tuesday.

What is coming to Mississippi

When SourceLine is complete here, you will see every change to your polling place and who made it, at your address.

Read the Mississippi Free Press story · The story and its reporting belong to the outlet that published it. Survey figures are estimates with wider ranges in smaller states.

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About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.