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Jackson, Miss.— As of 5 p.m., the Secretary of State’s Office has received several dozen phone calls with questions concerning various election issues which include affidavit voting, assistance at the polls, and crossover voting. There have been no reports of long lines and relatively few problems across the State in today’s Primary Runoff Election.
The following issues have been reported at select polling places across the State including:
- Lafayette County
o At the Burgess precinct in Oxford, one (1) TSX machine malfunctioned. Nineteen (19) votes were cast on the machine before the problem was reported. The county dispatched a technician to the precinct and the tablet was replaced.
o Each political party’s county executive committee is responsible for providing testing on TSX machines. Both parties contracted with the county election commission and the county technician to provide accuracy testing for this machine and the machine operated correctly prior to the election.
- Calhoun County
o At the Northeast Calhoun precinct in Houlka, a problem was reported on one (1) TSX machine. Nine (9) votes were cast on the machine before the problem was reported. The county dispatched a technician to the precinct. The machine was monitored and was found to be operating correctly.
o At the Vardaman precinct in Vardaman, one (1) TSX machine malfunctioned. Three (3) votes were cast on the machine before the problem was reported. The county dispatched a technician to the precinct and the machine was taken out of service after the problem was reported.
o Each political party’s county executive committee is responsible for providing testing on TSX machines. At the request of the parties, the Circuit Clerk and the county technician provided accuracy testing for this machine and the machine operated correctly prior to the election.
- Hinds County
o Several Republican precincts in Hinds County experienced issues with electronic pollbooks. The electronic pollbooks were not consistently displaying voter history. Therefore, poll workers were instructed to manually check the paper pollbooks to ensure crossover voting did not occur.
Polls close at 7 p.m. Any voter in line at 7 p.m. is entitled to cast a ballot.
Primary Elections are not conducted by the State or the Secretary of State. Primary Elections are conducted by each political party’s respective County Executive Committee.
The Secretary of State’s Office has observers in precincts across the State. Problems at the polls observed by State observers or otherwise reported to the Elections Division will be referred to the authorities, including the Attorney General’s Office or appropriate District Attorney’s Office. The Secretary of State’s Office has no enforcement authority to resolve problems.
For more information about State election laws or Election Day information, visit Y’all Vote, www.yallvote.sos.ms.gov, or call the Elections Division Hotline at (601) 576-2550 or 1-800-829-6786.
