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IrelandMississippi voters struggle to confirm their ballots will count
MS NOW's Jackson reporting examines voter-roll removals and ballot requirements, adding a ground-level perspective to the Senate count.
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Story of Why this story? One of MS NOW's most watched videos since yesterday, with 798,664 views.
Mississippi voters forced to 'hope for the best' under strict voting laws
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- 1:44Velshi reviews the still-unresolved Mississippi Senate count as it stood when the segment aired.
- 2:30The segment links voter-roll removals over alleged address conflicts to Experian data and the need for affidavit ballots.
- 3:12Egwuonwu explains certification obstacles, including the requirement for a poll worker to initial a ballot.
- 6:00Jackson voter Akili Kelly describes confusion while trying to ensure his vote is counted.
- 7:50Pennsylvania Representative-elect Bob Brooks discusses labor organizing, political coalitions and opposition to congressional stock trading.
Casting a ballot was not the end of the process for Mississippi voters trying to establish whether their votes would count, according to MS NOW's report from Jackson.
Reporter Nnamdi Egwuonwu describes confusion around certifying affidavit ballots during the closely contested Senate election. Jackson voter Akili Kelly questions why the obstacles have arisen: "Why is this becoming an issue now? Why this election, all of a sudden?"
Host Ali Velshi says the state removed 230,000 people from its voter rolls over alleged address conflicts. The segment links those removals to the use of Experian data and explains the additional hurdles facing voters required to cast affidavit ballots.
Egwuonwu also identifies a requirement that can put a ballot's acceptance outside the voter's control: "If your poll worker didn't initial your ballot, your ballot's not accepted."
The report captures the uncertainty before the Senate result was settled. MS NOW has since reported that Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. Unlike the channel's earlier discussion of how the remaining ballots could affect the outcome, this segment concentrates on voters' efforts to get those ballots accepted.
The upload drew roughly 799,000 views since yesterday. Its Mississippi reporting begins after a broader election roundup, with Kelly's account arriving about six minutes in. The broadcast later turns to Pennsylvania Representative-elect Bob Brooks, who discusses labor organizing and his opposition to congressional stock trading.
Mississippi’s Democratic U.S. senator-elect, a lawyer who has served as district attorney for the state’s 16th Judicial District since 2016.
More on Wikipedia ›A Republican who has served as a U.S. senator from Mississippi since 2018. She previously held state legislative office and served as Mississippi’s agriculture and commerce commissioner.
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Egwuonwu reports from Jackson and interviews local voter Akili Kelly.