The Republican Party is demanding that Mississippi election officials “separate and preserve” all provisional ballots cast in the midterms — the first step in a likely bid to throw out votes in the state’s extremely close U.S. Senate race*.

The vote count is ongoing, and Democrat Scott Colom currently leads Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith ® by several hundred votes, with certification due by Nov. 13. His victory would represent a significant upset in the state’s Republican-dominated politics.

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      large numbers of Mississippians were forced to vote by affidavit ballot after Secretary of State Michael Watson ® flagged 230,000 voter registrations as “inactive.”

      and if the “inactives” were targetted, then provisional/affidavit votes would just boost that lead.