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Politics● Elevated18m ago · Nov 6, 2026, 8:26 PM

Colom's razor-thin Senate race puts Mississippi's voter rolls in the spotlight

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Axios · North America

Americans on both sides of the political aisle are watching the nail-bitingly close Mississippi Senate race, where a controversial voter-roll cleanup has come under scrutiny after some voters reported problems casting their ballots.Why it matters: The cliffhanger has exposed concerns about relying on third-party data to determine where voters live and how states maintain voter rolls.Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom are locked in a razor-thin race to be the state's junior senator.As of 2 p.m. ET Friday, Colom led by a little over 2000 votes, according to Associated Pres

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