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-Primary Elections are on Tuesday, June 5 -Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. -Find your polling place at www.sos.ms.gov/ pollingplace -You must be registered to vote (see if you are at sos.ms.gov/vote) -Bring your photo ID with you (driver’s license, state or federal government ID card, U.S. passport, firearms license, student photo ID from public Mississippi college, military ID, tribal photo ID card or Mississippi voter ID) -If you forget your ID or are not in the poll book, you can vote by affidavit ballot -If you have trouble voting, call the election hotline (1-800-829-6786), voter ID line (1-844-678-6837), attorney general’s office (601-359-3680) or the Mississippi Protection & Advocacy Office (1-800-772-4057)
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Michael versus Michael PEARL RIVER
May 30 - June 5, 2018 • jfp.ms
Mississippi’s Third Congressional District has been red for a long, long time. The third district is cut to include the Republican-leaning parts of Madison County (excluding Canton) as well as northeast Jackson and parts of Belhaven. While the Cook Political Report assesses the district to be the least Trump-y of the three GOPheld House districts in the state, Rep. Gregg Harper never struggled to garner more than 60 percent of the vote in all five of his elections. Before Harper, Chip Pickering won elections for the district by even wider margins. Never mind the district’s GOP-leaning constituents, two Democrats are facing off for a chance to challenge the candidate who wins the crowded, 12 expensive Republican primary race.
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DO NOT CROSS OUT - If you change your mind, exchange your ballot for a new one. If you tear, soil, deface or erroneously mark this ballot, return it to obtain another.
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JACKSON State Rep. Michael Ted Evans, D-Preston, has been in the stateHARRISON House of Representatives since HANCOCK 2012, representing four counties at the Legislature. FEC filings show no campaign-finance contributions or reports filed by press time. Evans is vocal about legislation that will affect the rural parts of his district in the Legislature, and this year he was vocal about ending state testing in public schools. Michael Aycox, a veteran and a police officer in Newton, is challenging Evans in the Democratic District 3 race. Aycox is running on a platform to streamline Veterans Affairs, install universal health care and free college, and implement certain guncontrol reforms. Aycox has raised a little over $1,500, FEC filings show. Evans has not raised any funds, FEC filings show.
Fill in the oval to the left of the name of your choice. You must blacken the oval completely, and do not make any marks outside of the oval. you do not have to vote in ever race.
For United States Senate Vote for ONE
For U.S. House of Representatives 3rd Congressional District Vote for ONE
David Baria
Michael Aycox
Jensen Bohren
Michael Ted Evans
Jerone Garland
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Victor G. Maurice Jr. Omeria Scott Howard Sherman _____________________
This is a recreated District 3 Democratic sample ballot for the June 5 election from the Hinds County Election Commission.