Mississippi Senate Race Still Undecided as Colom's Lead over Hyde-Smith Narrows to 1,822 Votes

Mississippi's U.S. Senate race remained undecided as of November 8, with Democratic challenger Scott Colom's lead over Republican incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith narrowing from 2,574 votes on November 6 to 1,822 votes.

According to the Associated Press count, Colom has 466,747 votes to Hyde-Smith's 464,925, with about 96 percent of the expected vote counted. At a November 5 press conference outside the Hinds County courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst said the party estimates roughly 17,000 affidavit ballots and more than 3,000 mail ballots — about 20,000 in total — remain unprocessed, calling the figure "very abnormal" in the state's history.

Secretary of State Michael Watson's figures show 6,936 affidavit ballots had been processed by the evening of November 5, about 80 percent of them accepted, rising to 9,242 by November 7. Voters who cast affidavit ballots for lack of photo ID must cure them by November 10, and counties must certify results by November 13.

(Source: ProfiloPolitics)

Source: ProfiloPolitics

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