While it may seem we are just ending one election cycle across the nation and in our state, municipal elections are slated to happen in the coming year. Municipal elections cover the mayoral race and board of aldermen seats, including the Alderman-at-Large seat.
These elections are for those living ONLY in the city limits of Louisville and the Town of Noxapater.
The Secretary of State of Mississippi, Michael Watson, relates on his website some pertinent dates for the upcoming municipal elections.
Qualifying will begin on January 2, 2025. This is the “first day candidates may file petitions and/or qualifying statements and pay qualifying fees for municipal offices. The deadline for qualifying for a municipal office is January 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
Both party primary candidates as well as independent candidates should adhere to this deadline.
On February 18, absentee ballots will become available for those who are eligible to vote in this manner.
Those who have yet to register to vote, but wish to do so in order to vote in the municipal elections, must do so by March 3, 2025.
April 1, 2025 is Primary Election day. Polling locations will be open from 7 AM to 7 PM. Should there be a need for a run-off election, that will take place on April 22, 2025.
The general municipal election takes place on June 3, 2025, and those elected to serve as municipal leaders will begin their first day of office on July 1, 2025.
In order to qualify to run for a municipal office, the potential candidate must:
- Be a qualified elector (live in the municipality, and, in the case of a board member, must live in the ward; only the Alderman-At-Large may live anywhere in the municipality).
- Never having been convicted of bribery, perjury, or “other infamous crime” (a crime punishable by confinement in the penitentiary)
- Never having been convicted of a felony in federal court after December 8, 1992 or been convicted of a felony in another state after December 8, 1992
- Pay any fees to the municipal clerk to run, file one’s petition with the correct amount of signatures (potential candidates should note that all signatures MUST be registered voters in the ward they wish to represent; this will be certified before the primary election; if the candidate is found to not have the correct amount of signatures from registered voters in their ward, they will not qualify)
