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The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day chaos in November
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day chaos in November. At a meeting with representatives from a coalition of statewide and national civil rights organizations, Hinds County election commissioners said Monday […]
Hinds County election commissioners admitted to sharing the wrong voter data with the firm that printed ballots, leading to a shortage.
For months, civil rights groups urged Black people across Mississippi to vote. But a ballot shortage turned away some voters at the polls. Here's why.