密西西比州参议院选举计票进入尾声:科洛姆以约2550票领先海德-史密斯,已计票约97%,美联社尚未宣布胜负

密西西比州的联邦参议院选举在选举日一周后仍未分出胜负。截至11月10日,民主党人斯科特·科洛姆以约2550票领先共和党现任参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯,得票率约为49.1%对48.8%,已计票约97%,美联社尚未宣布该场选举结果。
11月10日是选举日当天寄出邮寄选票送达的最后一天,也是投宣誓票(临时票)选民出示身份证明的截止日,截止时间为下午5时。仍有数千张宣誓票待计。
海德-史密斯表示她有信心,并要求各县继续计票。密西西比州是全美唯一没有正式重新计票程序的州,对结果有异议的候选人须通过诉讼寻求重新计票。
该场选举的结果将决定参议院两党席位差距的最终大小。两院控制权归属已经确定,本场与阿拉斯加州参议院选举为仅剩的两场未定参议院选举。
Mississippi Senate Race Nears the End of Counting: Colom Leads Hyde-Smith by About 2,550 Votes With About 97 Percent Counted, and the Associated Press Has Not Called the Race
Mississippi's US Senate race remained undecided a week after Election Day. As of November 10, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 2,550 votes, 49.1 percent to 48.8 percent, with about 97 percent of the vote counted, and the Associated Press had not called the race.
November 10 was the last day for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive, and the 5 p.m. deadline for voters who cast affidavit, or provisional, ballots to show identification. Thousands of affidavit ballots were still to be counted.
Hyde-Smith said she felt confident and told counties to keep counting. Mississippi is the only state with no formal recount process; a candidate who doubts the results would have to sue for one.
The outcome will set the final size of the parties' Senate margin. Control of both chambers has already been decided, and the Mississippi and Alaska Senate races are the two Senate contests still outstanding.
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图片来源:图:位于杰克逊的密西西比州议会大厦。Michael Barera 摄,CC BY-SA 4.0,经 Wikimedia Commons / Photo: Jackson December 2018 02 (Mississippi State Capitol) (cropped). By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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