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Democrat Scott Colom’s lead in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race* significantly widened after Hinds County, a Democratic stronghold, accepted and counted hundreds of affidavit ballots.
Hinds County — the second most populous county in Mississippi and a Democratic stronghold — rejected over two-thirds of affidavit ballots cast last week in the state’s midterm elections, it announced Wednesday morning.
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson (R) posted information on Tuesday directing voters to use a mail ballot curing process that no longer exists — despite him being the one who got rid of it.
Lawyers observing the vote count for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign in Hinds County — the state’s most populous county and a Democratic stronghold — have been vocally, and at times aggressively, challenging election workers’ actions.
One week after Election Day, Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race remains unresolved. But Tuesday marks a critical deadline in the state’s prolonged ballot-counting process.
After historic turnout during the midterms, Mississippi has a chance to reform its archaic, suppressive election system, civil rights and grassroots pro-voting organizations say.
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson (R) defended his office’s controversial voter purge program, insisting it is working as designed despite widespread problems that forced thousands of voters to cast affidavit ballots.
Pro-voting demonstrators protested U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche’s appearance Monday near where crucial voting processes are playing out in Mississippi’s closely watched midterm election.
With Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race still too close to call, voters, grassroots pro-voting groups and election workers across the state told Democracy Docket they are deeply frustrated and concerned with the large number of voters flagged as inactive this election.
The data shows how Trump’s map-rigging scheme backfired spectacularly, motivating Democratic voters to turn out in volumes.
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