MS Code Ann. § 23-15-211. Board of election commissioners and registrar; elections training seminar; certification of seminar participants; compensation of commissioners attending seminar; authorization by Secretary of State of additional training days; comprehensive poll worker training program; computer skills training and refresher courses for circuit clerks.

(7) The Secretary of State shall develop, in conjunction with the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges:

  • (a) A computer skills training course for all newly elected circuit clerks that shall be completed within one hundred eighty (180) days of the commencement of their term of office; and
  • (b) A computer skills refresher course for all serving circuit clerks that shall be completed within one hundred eighty (180) days of the commencement of every odd-numbered term of service.

Computer Basic Courses

Windows (please choose your operating system, 7, 8, XP or 98)

Microsoft Office (please choose your version of office, 2003, 2007, 2010 or XP)

Microsoft Office 2003:
Microsoft Office 2007:
Microsoft Office 2010:
Microsoft Office XP:

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Beth Samsel, Elections Training Coordinator, at 601-359-6687 or Andrew Dailey, Director of Elections Compliance at 601-359-5213.