Hinds County election commissioners have completed the affidavit processing process, rejecting the majority of affidavit ballots cast in Mississippi’s largest county. The county accepted only 817 affidavit ballots, while rejecting 1,609, a rejection rate of about 66.3 percent. This is higher than most counties.
Hinds County election officials are still counting votes cast in each race, including the crucial U.S. Senate race in Mississippi, where Democratic challenger Scott Colom currently leads incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by more than 3,000 votes.
District 1 accepted 167 affidavit ballots and rejected 349.
District 2 accepted 126 ballots and rejected 221.
District 3 accepted 119 votes and rejected 268.
District 4 accepted 224 and rejected 289.
District 5, which includes Jackson State University, accepted 181 affidavit ballots and rejected 482.
“We have a lot of people running voter registration drives, and on campus there have been several voter registration drives,” the Hinds County District Five elections commissioner told the Mississippi Free Press Wednesday morning. “Everything is fine, but after the ride, you have to submit your paperwork to the precinct clerk. I firmly believe they missed the deadline, so these ballots and applications were not processed.”
Mississippi counties have until Friday, November 13 to certify election results.
Editor’s Note: Last night, the Mississippi Free Press erroneously reported that there had been 8,000 affidavit ballots cast in Hinds County. We have corrected this post to clarify that these are mail-in ballots. We regret the error.
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