Voting in Mississippi With a Criminal Record or From Inside Prison or Jail
MCJ does litigation and legal advocacy to support Mississippians’ right to vote. Below are voting guides and voting information for Mississippians who have a criminal record and want to vote in the community, or who are currently in prison or jail and want to vote while in custody. You can also find more information below about certain cases we have filed to challenge unfair voting restrictions.
Resources
Voting in Mississippi With a Criminal Record or From Inside Prison or Jail
- List of Included Offenses Within 22 Disenfranchising Crimes Plus Dispositions
- Voting in Mississippi in Prison or Jail and Absentee Ballot Timeline
- Voting in Mississippi with a Criminal Conviction (While In the Community)
- Voting in Mississippi with a Criminal Conviction (While In Prison or Jail)
- Original Native Form Public Records Response from MS Secretary of State for List of All Included Offenses Within 22 Disenfranchising Crimes
MCJ Lawsuit to Restore Voting Rights to People Disenfranchised Due to Felony Conviction
Our Partners Working to Support Voting in Mississippi With a Criminal Record or In Custody
- Mississippi Center for Reentry
- Mississippi Votes (particularly visit them if you lost your right to vote due to a criminal conviction and you want to try to get your right back through a Suffrage Bill)
- Legal Defense Fund
- Black Lives Matter Mississippi
- RECH Foundation
- The Molly Angel Project
- Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition, along with the Mississippi Poor Peoples’ Campaign and Peoples’ Advocacy Institute
- OneVoice
- J.B. Fndn / T.O.P.S. of Mississippi
- Southern Poverty Law Center