List of counties with high number of Absentee Ballots Cast

The Winston County Journal – Winston among counties with high absentee ballot numbers: www.winstoncountyjournal.com/view/full_story/15218…llets

Initial inquiries showing a high number of absentee ballots cast in certain counties across the State in the 2011 Primary Election have caused concern for the Secretary of State’s Office.
“Absentee balloting appears to be increasing in this State,” says Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann.”The Mississippi Legislature has tasked the Secretary of State with reporting on elections, and information on absentee ballots will be a part of that report.”

In the 2008 Presidential Election, the average percentage of absentee ballots cast, as reported by the counties to the Statewide Election Management System, was 2 percent. In the 2011 Primary Election, the average was 6 percent.

Below is a list of twenty (20) counties whose percentage of absentee ballots cast was greater than 10 percent in the 2011 Primary Election.

Absentee balloting has been promoted around the state for those who cannot make it to the polls to vote.

Absentee balloting was expected to play a role in the primary runoff held Tuesday, Aug. 23.

County Overall Voter Turn Out Number of Absentee Ballots Cast Percentage of Absentee Ballots Cast

Quitman 3580 1040 29%

Claiborne 3,724 663 18%

Grenada 6316 1127 18%

Issaquena 658 99 15%

Noxubee 3,610 530 15%

Greene 4944 680 14%

Sharkey 2014 291 14%

Humphreys 3410 460 13%

Carroll 4,562 562 12%

Clay 7,089 848 12%

Holmes 6035 723 12%

LeFlore 5394 655 12%

Tallahatchie 5562 644 12%

Benton 3,793 424 11%

Jefferson 2972 334 11%

Alcorn 10,698 1,034 10%

Franklin 3403 348 10%

Montgomery 3914 389 10%

Walthall 5602 625 10%

Winston 7400 757 10%

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MIM Analysis-Hosemann Concerned With High Number of Absentee Ballots

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Delbert Hosemann issued a press release yesterday saying that his office is concerned with the high number of absentee ballots in certain counties across the state. Nearly one in four counties showed absentee ballot rates of 10 percent or higher.

In the 2008 presidential election, two percent of ballots were cast via absentee voting. It was six percent on August 2.

Leading the pack, by a large margin, was Quitman county where 29 percent, or 1,040 of 3,580 votes, were cast with absentee ballots. Ranging from 18-10 percent were: Claiborne, Grenada, Issaquena, Noxubee, Greene, Sharkey, Humphreys, Carroll, Clay, Holmes, Leflore, Tallahatchie, Benton, Jefferson, Alcorn, Franklin, Montgomery, Walthall, and Winston.

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