You must have one of the following excuses in order to be able to vote early in Mississippi:
-You will be away from your county of residence on election day for any reason
-You are sixty-five (65) years of age or older
-You will be unable to vote in person because you are required to be at work on election day during the times at which the polls will be open or on-call during the times when the polls will be open
-You are a student, teacher or administrator at any college, university, junior college, high, junior high, or elementary grade school whose studies or employment at such institution necessitates your absence from the county of your voting residence on the date of any primary, general or special election, or are the spouse or dependent of that student, teacher or administrator if you maintain a common domicile, outside of the county of your voting residence, with such student, teacher or administrator.
-You are required to be away from your place of residence on any election day due to your employment as an employee of a member of the Mississippi congressional delegation, or are the spouse or dependent of such person if you shall be residing with such absentee voter away from the county of your voting residence.
-You have a temporary or permanent physical disability and, because of such disability, are unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to yourself or others, or your attendance at the voting place could reasonably cause danger to yourself or others
-You are the parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of your county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles distant from your residence, if you will be with such person on election day; or
-You are a member of the Mississippi congressional delegation absent from Mississippi on election day, or are a spouse or dependent of such member of the congressional delegation.