Thousands of Mississippi voters marked inactive in error, forced to cast affidavit ballots in Senate race

Mississippi election officials marked thousands of voters as inactive without their knowledge, forcing them to cast provisional affidavit ballots instead of standard ballots during the closely contested Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. According to Scripps News, the registration errors have delayed vote counting and frustrated affected voters, including Kevin Green, a Mississippi voter who said he was caught off guard when told his registration was inactive. 'It was very disheartening to be labeled inactive,' Green said.