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Affidavit ballots could decide Mississippi's close Senate election

Associated Press goes inside Hinds County's ballot review as election workers check which votes qualify to be counted.

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Mississippi election commissioners certify affidavit ballots in close Senate race

An election worker counts ballot envelopes in Jackson, Mississippi, while observers watch the checks that come before the votes themselves can be counted. In the Associated Press report, this administrative work carries a potentially decisive consequence for the Senate contest between Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom.

AP videojournalist Sophie Bates reports from the room where Hinds County election commissioners are reviewing affidavit ballots. Workers examine voter information to determine which ballots qualify for inclusion in the count.

"Those ballots could very well determine the outcome of an extremely close race..." Bates says.

The short report drew roughly 450,000 views in its first day, compared with about 15,000 for a typical AP Short. Rather than a victory speech or a campaign appearance, it puts the mechanics of an unresolved election at the center of attention.

Poll observer James Henley explains why this particular county matters: Hinds is Mississippi's most populous county and leans Democratic. He expects most of the ballots accepted there to favor Colom. That is an observer's assessment, not a result; the work shown in AP's report is deciding which envelopes contain votes eligible to enter the count.

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The facts

Channel: Associated Press
Subscribers: 4,710,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 19,399,892
Channel views, pace per day: 632,458 (on a normal day: 2,268,266)
Video published: November 10, 2026
Video views so far: 522,567 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 501,161

The numbers

AP's ballot-counting report drew a much larger first-day audience than its usual Shorts. Its comment section was also substantially busier than usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

14,824

this video

454,429

subscribers

4,710,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

4,677,484,391

views per day

632,458