Voting Rights

• Like most states, Mississippi confers voting rights on teenagers who have reached the age of 18. Eighteen-year-olds in Mississippi have the right to vote in any general election. If a teenager will turn 18 between a primary and general election, then she can vote in the primary even though she is not yet of age.
  
  

Driving Rights

• Teenagers who have earned their driver's licenses have the right to drive in Mississippi, but Mississippi employs zero tolerance laws when it comes to teens driving under the influence of alcohol. While adults can legally drive with a blood alcohol level between .00 and .08, if a teenager registers any blood alcohol level at all, he is subject to DUI penalties and his license will be suspended for 90 days.
  
  

Employment Rights

• Mississippi gives teenagers who are 14 or older the right to work, but restrictions do apply. A teenager in Mississippi may not hold a hazardous job, such as working in a mine or handling explosives. She cannot work during regular school hours, and she cannot be scheduled to work more than eight hours a day or 44 hours a week. The one exception to teenage employment restrictions in Mississippi is that teenagers who marry before their 18th birthday can have them waived.