Voters must provide an approved excuse to vote absentee in Mississippi. You can vote absentee if you:
-Are a student, teacher or administrator at any college, university, junior college, high, junior high, or elementary grade school or the spouse or dependent, and will be out of the county of your voting residence.
-Are member or employee of the Mississippi congressional delegation or the spouse and dependents such person and will be away from your county of voting residence.
-Will be away from your county of residence on election day for any reason.
-Have a temporary or permanent physical disability are unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to yourself or others, or going to the polls could reasonably cause danger to yourself.
-Are the parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of their county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles distant from their residence and will be with this person.
-Are sixty-five (65) years of age or older.
-Are 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.

Learn more about who is eligibile to vote absentee at Mississippi's page.