密西西比州参议员选战仍未定 11月10日迎宣誓选票与邮寄选票双截止
密西西比州联邦参议员选战在投票日过去一周后仍未分出胜负，11月10日迎来两个关键截止日。据美联社统计，民主党挑战者、地方检察官斯科特·科洛姆以467930票对465356票领先共和党现任参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯，优势为2574票，双方得票率均在49%左右，独立候选人泰·平金斯得票略超2%。11月10日下午5时是缺身份证件者补交证件、使宣誓选票生效的最后期限，也是邮寄缺席选票必须寄达的最后期限，选票须在11月3日选举日前盖邮戳。州务卿迈克尔·沃森10日晚间表示，已处理15547张宣誓选票，约76%获接受，另有2578张缺席选票仍在外，全州82个县中已有75个县更新了部分非正式结果。各县须在11月13日星期五前完成认证，全州最终结果将于12月3日公布。此次计票还引发对选民册维护的质疑：据《密西西比今日》报道，州政府的选民册清理使全州23万多名选民、约九分之一被列为非活跃状态，不少选民在投票站被告知登记在多年未住的县。海德-史密斯阵营已致函各县，要求保存选票与记录以备可能的验票或诉讼。
Mississippi Senate Race Still Undecided as Affidavit-Ballot Cure and Mail-Ballot Deadlines Both Fall on November 10
Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race remained undecided a week after Election Day, with two key deadlines falling on November 10. According to the Associated Press count, Democratic challenger Scott Colom, a district attorney, leads Republican incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by 467,930 votes to 465,356 — a margin of 2,574 votes, with both candidates at about 49 percent and independent candidate Ty Pinkins at just over 2 percent. Five p.m. on November 10 was the last deadline both for voters who lacked identification to present ID so their affidavit ballots would count, and for mail-in absentee ballots to arrive; ballots had to be postmarked before the November 3 election. Secretary of State Michael Watson said on the evening of November 10 that 15,547 affidavit ballots had been processed, about 76 percent of them accepted, with 2,578 absentee ballots still outstanding, and 75 of the state’s 82 counties had updated partial unofficial results. Counties must certify by Friday, November 13, and statewide final results will be released December 3. The count has also raised questions about voter-roll maintenance: Mississippi Today reported that the state’s list maintenance placed more than 230,000 voters — about one in nine — in inactive status, and many voters were told at polling places that they were registered in counties where they had not lived for years. The Hyde-Smith campaign has written to counties asking that ballots and records be preserved for a possible recount or litigation.
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