The Legal Wrangling Over Mississippi’s Deadlocked Senate Race Has Begun
Republicans have sent a legal notice to all 82 Mississippi counties demanding officials preserve provisional ballots as Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith trails Democrat Scott Colom by fewer than 2,000 votes in a Senate race still being counted three days after the midterm, with a certification deadline of 13 November. Mississippi law bars candidates from demanding recounts, and Mike Hurst, the state GOP chairman, vowed to "fight like hell" to ensure every legal vote is counted, while Colom's campaign calls the letter a desperate stunt.
