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"Mississippi Senate race still uncalled as ballot deadlines pass"
More than a week after Election Day, Mississippi's U.S. Senate race remains uncalled, and the ballot deadlines that shaped the count have now passed.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, was the last day for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive at county circuit clerks, and the last day for voters who cast an affidavit ballot without photo ID to show that ID and have the ballot counted. Scott Colom leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,607 votes in the count as of Tuesday afternoon, with 953,547 votes counted and about 97% of the vote in.
Election officials have processed more than 18,000 affidavit ballots statewide. Unofficial returns are now in from 76 of the 82 counties, while four counties are finished and certified. Roughly 2,300 absentee mail ballots had not been received as of the Tuesday update.
Every county must certify its results by Friday, Nov. 13. Mississippi law provides no automatic recount.
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