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Mississippi voters reported problems casting ballots across the state Tuesday, from long lines to machine malfunctions, in what appeared to be heavy turnout for a midterm election.
The Mississippi secretary of state’s office in a Tuesday afternoon statement said that its elections hotline had seen a high volume of calls and reports of late-opening precincts, voting machines being temporarily down and issues with voters verifying their registration status.
Polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and election officials were urging voters to be patient.
Jada Barnes, a field director with the nonprofit Mississippi Votes Action Fund, said its election hotline had seen a flurry of calls Tuesday morning from voters who faced trouble at the polls, including machine malfunctions and long waits in DeSoto County, and lengthy lines in Hinds County…