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Hayes Patrick and Price Wallace will face one another on Tuesday, July 31st in a run-off election for the position of House of Representative District 77.
Unofficial totals: Hayes Patrick—858 and Price Wallace—723.
The Simpson County ticket was led by Price Wallace with 616 to Hayes Patrick 485. Hayes solidly took Rankin County with 373 votes to Wallace’s 107.
Vote totals in Simpson County: Cliff Brown—38; Hayes Patrick—485; Chris Purdum—431; Cemper Scott—394; and Price Wallace—616.
Vote totals in Rankin County: Cliff Brown—17; Hayes Patrick—373; Chris Purdum—33; Cemper Scott—21; and Price Wallace—107
Combined vote totals: Cliff Brown—55; Hayes Patrick—858; Chris Purdum—464; Cemper Scott—415; and Price Wallace—723.
Again, these are unofficial incomplete results.
Totals were given in precinct groups not individually; therefore, we did not know how each box voted. The group precinct system was used in the earlier election.
Much confusion existed in the county concerning voting places. The redistricting was adopted on May 2, 2012, but many were unaware of the change. One particular family was told one spouse voted in one district and the other voted in another district although they lived in the same house! Circuit Clerk Steve Womack addressed the issue live on MageeNews.com during the vote tallies. He explained that when redistricting occurred that an agency from the Secretary of State’s office handled the procedure and to balance counts apparently households were split.
New voter cards will be mailed to county residents. Womack assured the public that he will get to the bottom of the situation.
1,969 people voted. We have 12,089 registered voters. 16.29% of the population of Simpson County voted. The election cost in excess of $24,000.
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