Mississippians pride themselves on being patriotic. What what’s more patriotic than serving your country in the military? We’ll learn about military and veterans’ legal rights with today’s guests Ira Rushing from Tully Rinckey.

In 2020, Black Soldiers comprised approximately 21% of the active-duty Army, 15% of the Army National Guard and 21% of the Army Reserve. Black Americans serve in the Army at a rate that is higher than their representation in the U.S. population. The active-duty percentage of Black Soldiers has remained higher than the representation of Black Americans in the U.S. population since 2002, with peaks in 2002 and 2014. In 2022, 146,793 veterans lived in Mississippi. 39,900 or 27% were Black or African American only. I am thankful for our Mississippians who have chosen to serve our country.

https://usafacts.org/topics/veterans/state/mississippi/ https://www.army.mil/blackamericans/index.html

If you’re interested in learning about the law and your rights in Mississippi, tune in to @Issue, MPB News’ Legislative Issues program heard here on MPB Think Radio at 6:30pm each Friday during the session or go to mpbonline.org and click on News to find video interviews from this session and previous broadcasts.

What’s our timeline having to do with elections in Mississippi?

• Absentee Ballot Applications are now available in your Municipal Clerk’s Office.
• Beginning the 15th: Municipal Clerks’ Offices will send absentee ballots for the first and second Primary Elections to UOCAVA (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens) voters who requested an absentee ballot this calendar year, i.e., since Jan. 1,2025.
• 18th Absentee Ballots Available in the Municipal Clerk’s Office in the Primary Election.
• 20th Municipal Clerks’ Offices mail absentee ballots to voters on the permanently disabled list.
• March 3rd is the Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline for the April 1, 2025 Municipal Primary Elections.
• March 22nd To be eligible to vote in the upcoming Primary Elections, Circuit Clerks or Municipal Clerks’ Offices must be in actual receipt of a completed FPCA  - federal post card application - from a UOCAVA voter.

I’ll have link to the Federal Voting Assistance Program and our Secretary of State’s websites that talk about voting while serving overseas.  

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