NATCHEZ — Tuesday’s election will be the first in which Mississippi residents are required to present an ID when voting.

Sixty-two percent of Mississippi voters approved a constitutional ballot in 2012 to require voter ID at the polls, and the law will first be enforced June 3. The state attorney general’s office issued an opinion last week stating election officials who did not comply with the law should be reported for prosecution to their local district attorney.

“Mississippi is one big small town,” Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said. “When we cast our ballot on Election Day, there is a high probability of knowing the poll workers in the precinct. However, voter ID is not discretionary. Poll workers must ask for photo ID and voters must present photo ID at the polls on Election Day.”

The state accepts many forms of identification as acceptable for voter ID, and most residents should have one. For those who don’t, however, the circuit clerk’s office can provide one free of charge.

Adams County Circuit Clerk Eddie Walker said his office has provided six of the new voter photo IDs. Those who have received them have mostly been older residents of the county, he said.

Even if residents forget their ID on election day, Walker said they can cast their ballot by affidavit and present his office with a valid ID within five working days and still have their vote count.

“Even if they don’t have a proper ID, they can come in and have one made,” he said. “They can come in here and get a valid ID, turn around and show it to us, and say, ‘I am legal now,’ and their vote will still be counted.”

Those who one of the other forms of acceptable ID are not eligible for the voter ID cards provided by the circuit clerk’s office.

Acceptable forms of ID include:

-Driver’s license.

-Photo ID issued by a branch, department or agency of the State of Mississippi.

-U.S. Passport.

-Employee ID issued by the U.S. Government, State of Mississippi or local government entity.

-Firearms permit.

-Tribal photo ID card

-U.S. military photo ID card.

-Student photo ID card issued by an accredited Mississippi university, college or community college.

-Any other form of photo ID issued by a branch, department or agency of the U.S. government or any other state government, such as a driver’s license from another state. Out-of-state driver’s licenses and expired license no older than 10 years are acceptable.

Those who need a voter ID can get one at the circuit clerk’s office by presenting:

-Any expired but valid document issued by the U.S. government or any U.S. state that shows the voter’s name and photograph.

-A birth certificate or other document with the voter’s full name, date and place of birth.

-A Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid card.

-A Mississippi voter registration card.

-A government check, utility bill, bank statement or utility bill issued within the preceding six months.

-IRS form W-2, wages and tax statements issued within the current calendar year.

On the ballot Tuesday are party primaries for U.S. Senate and Mississippi’s Third Congressional District.

In the congressional race are Republican candidates Rep. Gregg Harper, the incumbent, and Hardy Caraway, and Democratic candidates Jim Liljeberg, Doug Magee, and Dennis Quinn.

The winners of the party primaries will face two third party candidates, Roger Rerrard and Barbara Dale Washier, in the Nov. 4 general election.

In the Senate race are Republicans Sen. Thad Cochran, the incumbent, state Sen. Chris McDaniel and Thomas Carey.

The Democratic Senate ticket includes Bill Marcy, Travis Childers, William Bond Compton Jr. and Jonathan Rawl.

A Reform Party candidate, Shawn O’Hara, will be on the November general ballot along with the winners of the party primaries.