密西西比州投票日：欣兹县选民信息链接失效、选举委员会电话断线
11月3日，密西西比州选民前往投票，决定联邦参议员和联邦众议员席位以及各地地方选举，投票站从上午7时开放至晚7时，晚7时仍在排队的选民依法有权投票。联邦参议员选举中，谋求连任的共和党现任参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯面对民主党人斯科特·科洛姆和独立候选人泰·平金斯的挑战。
州务卿办公室提醒，邮寄缺席选票须在11月3日当天盖邮戳，并于11月10日前送达巡回法院书记官办公室；因忘记带带照片身份证而投宣誓选票的选民，须在11月10日前向巡回法院书记官办公室出示合规身份证。国家气象局预报，投票日全州多云有风，白天降雨、雷暴甚至龙卷风的可能性都不能排除，选民出行需留意天气。
欣兹县方面出现选举日服务问题：县巡回法院书记官扎克·华莱士11月2日下午5时03分向选民发送短信，提醒投票时间为上午7时至晚7时，但短信中的选民信息链接无法打开；该县网站自10月20日以来一直无法访问，选举委员会电话自10月21日以来一直处于断线状态，选民可通过州务卿网站YallVote.ms查询投票地点。
（来源：密西西比自由）
Mississippi Election Day: Hinds County's Voter-Info Link Is Dead and the Election Commission Phone Has Been Down for Days
Mississippi voters went to the polls on November 3 to decide U.S. Senate and House seats and local contests, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; anyone still in line at 7 p.m. had the legal right to vote. In the Senate race, Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith faced Democrat Scott Colom and independent Ty Pinkins. The Secretary of State reminded voters that mail absentee ballots had to be postmarked by November 3 and received by circuit clerks by November 10, and that voters who cast affidavit ballots for lack of photo ID had to present acceptable ID to the circuit clerk by November 10. The National Weather Service forecast a cloudy, windy Election Day statewide, with rain, thunderstorms and even tornadoes possible. In Hinds County, election-day services hit problems: Circuit Clerk Zack Wallace texted voters at 5:03 p.m. on November 2 with polling hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., but the voter-information link in the text did not work; the county website had been inaccessible since October 20 and the election commission's phone had been disconnected since October 21. Voters could find polling places on the Secretary of State's YallVote.ms site.
(Source: Mississippi Free Press)
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