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"Hinds County rejects 1,609 affidavit ballots as Senate count nears the end"
The Hinds County Election Commission has finished reviewing the county's affidavit ballots, rejecting 1,609 of them and accepting 817 of the 2,426 cast, a rejection rate of about 66%.
The accepted ballots have not been tallied yet. Election officials said most of the rejected ballots were cast in the wrong precinct or by voters who were not properly registered. The county is expected to count the accepted affidavit ballots along with 67 mail-in absentee ballots.
The decision in Mississippi's largest county comes as the state's U.S. Senate race remains uncalled more than a week after Election Day. Scott Colom leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by more than 3,000 votes in the current count. Counties certify their results Friday, Nov. 13.
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