The deadline to register to vote in the March 8 primary election is noon Saturday, Warren County Circuit Clerk Jan Hyland Daigre said Tuesday.

“We will be open Saturday until noon for registration, and voters can also begin voting absentee. We just received the ballots,” she said. “We will also be open the two Saturdays before the primary — Feb. 27 and March 5.”

The March 8 primary is the primary for congressional races and the state’s presidential preference primary. Because the elections are party primaries, voters will have to give their party preference when they sign up to vote at the polls.

The congressional primary involves four Mississippi congressional seats, Districts 1 through 4. The congressional race of local interest is the 2nd District, where incumbent Bennie Thompson is unopposed in the Democratic primary, but will face a challenge in November from Gulfport businessman John Bouie II, who is unopposed in the Republican primary.

The state’s Democratic presidential primary features four candidates on the ballot, while the field in the Republican primary totals 13.

Listed on the Democratic ballot are Hillary Clinton, Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders. The Republican ballot includes Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckaby, John W. Kasich, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum and Donald Trump.