In a Senate race that is still too close to call, Mississippi state election officials are facing intense scrutiny over their methods for maintaining voter rolls after thousands of voters cast provisional ballots because they were not included in precinct poll books or did not have appropriate photo identification.
A voter fills out her ballot at a polling location at Jackson State University on Election Day in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 03, 2026.
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Jackson, Mississippi —
Andrew Couch had voted at the same polling location in the last two elections. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, he was told he was registered in a different county that he hadn’t lived in for six years.
“I couldn’t believe that,” Couch told CNN. “That was such an old address. I’ve lived at so many other addresses since then.”
