The U.S. Senate race in Mississippi between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is still too close to call as officials count provisional ballots.

This looks like it’ll be decided by just a handful of votes. Democratic challenger Scott Colom is ahead by 65 votes in the latest count in this Deep Red State.

  • slothrop @lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    FOWLER: There are still some ballots to be counted, and there are provisional ballots that need to be clear. It’s going to take days before the deadline is met for those to be taken care of. Here’s the thing about Mississippi. There are no runoffs for federal races like this. It’s the rare state with no recount mechanism or threshold, and there’s not really any other way to contest the election. So when it’s done, it’s done.
    (emphasis mine)

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