Mississippi Officials Moved Three Times More Polling Places Than Reported for 65,000 Voters
Since May, local officials in Mississippi have changed polling-place locations for at least 55 precincts—more than triple the 17 precinct changes that Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson announced last week.
The changes mean that about 65,000 Mississippi voters will vote in a different location on Election Day than where they would have cast their ballot during the March party primaries just this past spring. The changes affect some voters who have voted in the same location for more than a decade.
It is up to local county officials, who are in charge of deciding precinct locations, to notify the secretary of state’s office of precinct changes. A full list of changes the Mississippi Free Press identified is included at the end of this article.
“We months ago started telling our precincts, our circuit clerks, to make sure if you think there’s going to be a change to let us know in advance,” Watson said during an Oct. 27 press conference, in which he said he was only aware of the 17 precinct changes posted at sos.ms.gov/vote.
The Mississippi Free Press found discrepancies between the numbers the secretary of state officially released on Oct. 27 and reports from voters who said their precincts had changed but were not on Watson’s list. MFP reported on the list last week, which cited changes in only a dozen counties.
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