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Colom's razor-thin Senate race puts Mississippi's voter rolls in the spotlight

Axios·November 6, 2026·1 min read
Colom's razor-thin Senate race puts Mississippi's voter rolls in the spotlight

In Mississippi's razor-thin Senate race, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 2,000 votes as of Friday afternoon, according to AP data. The contest has spotlighted the state's voter-roll cleanup, with more than 230,000 inactive voters required to cast affidavit ballots, slowing counting and raising concerns about third-party data accuracy.

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