NEW: Absentee voters in Mississippi's Washington & Sunflower counties have almost QUADRUPLED their 2016 totals. Both counties are about 75% Black.
They smashed records despite the fact that MS is the only state that didn't expand absentee or early voting. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6630/two-majority-black-mississippi-counties-nearly-quadruple-2016-absentee-totals/
They smashed records despite the fact that MS is the only state that didn't expand absentee or early voting. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6630/two-majority-black-mississippi-counties-nearly-quadruple-2016-absentee-totals/
The fact that voters in Sunflower county have cast 370% as many absentee votes as in 2016 is particularly notable, because the county’s active voter rolls have declined by nearly 1,000 since 2016.
Statewide, MS voters are at 218% of 2016. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6630/two-majority-black-mississippi-counties-nearly-quadruple-2016-absentee-totals/
Statewide, MS voters are at 218% of 2016. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6630/two-majority-black-mississippi-counties-nearly-quadruple-2016-absentee-totals/
Hinds County voters have returned 318% as many absentee ballots as they cast in 2016. Hinds County, which includes the capital City of Jackson, is more than 70% Black. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6630/two-majority-black-mississippi-counties-nearly-quadruple-2016-absentee-totals/
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