Mississippi: They've run out of ballots in 9 districts in predominantly black areas

[FelineOverlord]

But I'm sure it was just an innocent mistake

At least 9 precincts in Hinds County—Mississippi's most populous county and the home of the 83%-Black capital city of Jackson—have run out of ballots in the statewide election.

The polls are set to close at 7 p.m., but court orders could keep them open.

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BREAKING At least 9 Hinds county precincts have run out of ballots, according to the clerk. Election officials are now scrambling to quickly print new ballots and rush them out to the polling places. It could be a long night this Election Day.

I wonder how a county that has a 93% black population could run out of ballots? It's almost like they wanted to suppress the vote of the black community.

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[diva77]

1. K&R for exposure. One of the many facets of voter suppression on display here

[bluestarone]

2. UNFUCKING believable!

THIS cannot be allowed.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. What do they do in a case like that?

[JoseBalow]

12. provisional ballots?

I don't know. I would guess it depends on local voting laws

[oldmanlynn]

14. Many voters who are told there are no ballots will go home

Many voters who are told there are no ballots will go home. I wish they would hang out waiting for provisionals or a court order but this is just another voter suppression tactic.

[questionseverything]

28. They printed more

[gratuitous]

4. It could very well be voter suppression

It could also be that the local election board printed up what they considered to be a sufficient number of ballots based on the history of voter turnout in off-year elections. Cash-strapped government agencies will cut costs where they can, and the elections commissioners may not have been eager to incur the expense of printing a lot of ballots just to see them get pulped. You can see their names at the link though they aren't pictured.

[Bobstandard]

17. Oh come on

Only white people will buy the ‘innocent mistake’ explanation. And as I can attest, not even all white people buy it.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

24. I sure fucking don't

[gratuitous]

27. So which of the Hinds County commissioners are in on it?

Kidada Brown, RaToya Gilmer McGee, Jermal Clark, Yvonne R. Horton, or Shirley Varnado? Was it an individual effort or all of them working together to disenfranchise their county's voters? Or are the elections commissioners helpless to run the elections in their county? What's your theory, or better yet, what's your evidence?

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Deplorables strike again.

[PufPuf23]

6. If black voters are deprived of their votes in Mississippi,

bring in the Feds now to enforce fair voting.

Crap like this and all the gerrymandering and getting away and benefiting is why it continues.

[pfitz59]

7. What would you expect in a state run by this sanctimonious prick?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Reeves
"At Millsaps College, Reeves was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order, a controversial fraternity that has faced accusations of racism.[8] In 2019, yearbook photos surfaced showing members in blackface and Confederate uniforms, but it is unclear whether Reeves was involved."

[louis-t]

8. Republicans can't win if they don't cheat.

[superpatriotman]

9. Do you ever remember ballots running out in white districts?

I don’t.

[70sEraVet]

10. While mistakes can happen anywhere,....

when a 'mistake' happens to benefit those who are in power, an investigation is warranted.

[byronius]

11. A proudly racist technique to cheat.

[honest.abe]

13. Sounds promising!

This may be a very big night for us!

[Evolve Dammit]

15. There's your fraud Maggots.

[Talitha]

16. This is inexcusable.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. DOJ lawsuit like right the F now! Voter suppression at it's finest for 150 years; MS

[orangecrush]

19. What a coincidence

[ashredux]

20. The governor knew it be close, so, alter the playing field... no accident here

[AllaN01Bear]

21. humph.

[FelineOverlord]

22. The Mississippi Democrats sued

And the judge gave them an extra hour until 8 pm but it might not be enough.

[Gore1FL]

23. What is the turnout vs previous elections? nt

[Jedi Guy]

25. A cursory Google search reveals that all five Hinds County Elections Commissioners are African-American.

That would indicate to me that this is less sabotage and voter suppression and more unexpectedly huge voter turnout.

But by all means, let's go nuts with the conspiracy theories.

[Polybius]

29. Agreed

However, it's a very stupid mistake.

[Paladin]

26. As if Mississippi hasn't fucked over black citizens enough. (nt)