Mississippi Has 10 Days to Certify Election Results, Secretary of State Says
With fewer than 100 votes separating the candidates, officials say 3,600 absentee ballots remain outstanding and affidavit ballots could still change the result.
- On Tuesday, voters in Jackson County reported malfunctioning machines and long lines as the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom remained too close to call.
- Jackson County officials attributed equipment problems to new voting machines, while widespread reports of delays and confusion emerged across Mississippi during the midterm elections.
- Lawyers for Hyde-Smith's campaign sent a letter Thursday to county election commissioners demanding "the immediate separation, secure custody, and preservations of all affidavit ballots cast" in Tuesday's general election.
- Colom's campaign manager Gerard Henderson called the demand a "desperate stunt", asserting confidence that Colom will win "when every lawful ballot is counted."
- Counties have until November 13 to certify results, with the outcome hinging on thousands of outstanding mail-in and affidavit ballots still to be processed.
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Senate GOP’s campaign arm demands Mississippi election officials preserve affidavit ballots
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Mississippi Senate race could head to court - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) — The race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi is expected to end in a legal challenge as officials across the state continue to count ballots in the razor-thin contest. Incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Democratic candidate Scott Colom are locked in a tight race for a seat that could lend greater strength to seismic Democratic wins in the upper chamber of Congress. Colom leads Hyde-Smith with 49% of the vote and 96% o…
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WDAM 7Cindy Hyde-Smith lawyers send letter to Mississippi counties demanding preservation of affidavit ballots
Lawyers for the Cindy Hyde-Smith campaign have sent a letter to all Mississippi county election commissioners and circuit clerks, asking them to separate, secure and preserve any affidavit ballots cast in the midterm elections in the state.
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