Important Dates To Remember

Oct. 3 - Deadline to register to vote (Mail-in forms must be postmarked by Oct. 5)

Nov. 4 - Election Day

Absentee voting - Absentee voting deadlines come early to help assure your ballot is counted. If you know you will vote absentee, contact your Circuit or Municipal Clerk at least two weeks before the election.

Operation Healthy Vote is invading Mississippi. In 2008, our state will cast votes for presidential, congressional and judicial candidates. Hospitals and health care facilities across the state are joining together to increase health care voter registration, education and participation in local and state races.

Download the 2008 Operation Healthy Vote Guide here.

In the News... Keep up with all of the latest state and national political news affecting the health care industry at MHA's Executive Briefing. (You can also sign up for daily e-mail updates on the site.)

Do you need to register to vote OR update your current address before the November elections?
It's very simple. Fill out this voter registration form. Fax it or e-mail it to Shawn Zehnder Lea at (601) 368-3200 or slea@mhanet.org. The Mississippi Hospital Association will mail it in for you. (You can also register to vote online at our Grassroots Action Center.)

Questions? - Call the Secretary of State's Election Hotline at 1-800-829-6786 or send an e-mail.
Your Rights - Mississippi Voters' Bill of Rights

Kaiser issues new tracking poll on health care and the 2008 elections... Health care remains the top domestic issue that the public wants presidential candidates to address, trailing only Iraq on the public’s overall priority list, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008.