Important:

Municipal clerks and election commissioners are required to be certified by the Secretary of State before conducting any regularly scheduled election. Municipal elections officials can only be certified within six months prior to the date of the general election. Municipal party executive committee members are required to be certified by the Secretary of State within 12 months prior to the date of the primary election. Please register for the training session that falls within the appropriate time period for your election. All training sessions will be conducted using Microsoft Teams.

Municipal elections officials are not required to be certified to conduct a special election. However, if you anticipate your municipality will need to conduct a special election, you are more than welcome to register for one of the below training sessions.

Please be advised only the officials expressly mentioned above will be allowed to attend. Candidates, press, or any other official will not be allowed to attend.

This page has been updated as of 01/06/2025. Please contact the us electionstraining@sos.ms.gov if you have any questions.

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Dates and Locations:

January 21, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (online) link to be emailed to registrants

January 22, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (in person) This event will be located at the Sparkman Auditorium in the Mississippi Agriculture Museum, 1150 Lakeland Drive, Jackson MS 39216.

January 23, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (online) link to be emailed to registrants