Mississippi Senate Ballots Rejected over Poll Worker Errors—‘Makes Me Sick’

Election watchers 'sick' as two-thirds of late-counted ballots rejected in Dem county

Election watchers reacted with alarm after Mississippi’s Hinds County, a Democratic stronghold, threw out two-thirds of the provisional ballots it reviewed in the state’s close U.S. Senate race.The Hinds County Election Commission announced Wednesday morning that it had rejected 1,609 of the county’s 2,426 affidavit ballots, as Mississippi calls provisional ballots, and accepted 817.Democrat Scott Colom was winning about 80% of the county’s vote…

Mississippi Senate ballots rejected over poll worker errors—‘makes me sick’

With Mississippi's Senate race still too close to call, claims have emerged of votes being rejected due to poll worker errors.

Mississippi’s key Democratic stronghold rejected most affidavit ballots

Hinds County — a Democratic stronghold — rejected over two-thirds of affidavit ballots in the state’s U.S. Senate race, it announced Wednesday morning.

Mississippi: “Hinds County Accepts 817 Affidavit Ballots, Rejects 1,609; Count Still Ongoing” #ELB

Mississippi Free Press: Hinds County Election Commissioners completed the affidavit curing process, rejecting the majority of affidavit ballots cast in Mississippi’s largest county. The county accepted just 817 affidavit ballots, while rejecting 1,609, a rejection rate of about 66.3%. That’s … Continue reading Mississippi: “Hinds County Accepts 817 Affidavit Ballots, Rejects 1,609; Count Still Ongoing” →

Hinds County Accepts 817 Affidavit Ballots, Rejects 1,609

Hinds County Election Commissioners completed the affidavit curing process, rejecting the majority of affidavit ballots cast in Mississippi's largest county.

MS NOW rates Mississippi Senate race as ‘leans Democratic’ after key ballot deadline

More than a week after Election Day, Mississippi’s Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith remains unresolved. As of Wednesday afternoon, MS NOW now characterizes the race as “leans Democratic” following a consequential ballot deadline in a contest likely…