Mississippi Senate Race Processes 9,242 Affidavit Ballots as 3,139 Mail Votes Remain
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Updated · NBC News · Nov 7
Mississippi Senate Race Processes 9,242 Affidavit Ballots as 3,139 Mail Votes Remain
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Nov 7
Summary
Mississippi officials said Friday that 9,242 affidavit ballots had been processed and 3,139 mail ballots were still outstanding in the tight Senate race between Scott Colom and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Nov. 10 is the deadline to cure voter ID problems, meaning the affidavit-ballot total could still rise before the count is complete.
The unresolved ballots have kept one of the last undecided midterm contests in play in deep-red Mississippi.
A Colom victory would make him Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.