Mississippi polling place errors persist as states publish Election Day lookup tools
The gist
Mississippi's state election system still held erroneous polling addresses a day before Election Day, the Mississippi Free Press reported.
Voters in several states are being pointed to official lookup tools to confirm where to vote.
How it unfolded
- Oct 27, 2026The Michigan Department of State said 2,154,870 Michigan voters had requested an absentee ballot, including 2,016,031 on the permanent mail ballot list.
- Oct 30, 2026Mississippi Secretary of State Communications Director Elizabeth Jonson told the Mississippi Free Press that a member of the office's elections team reiterated that counties are responsible for entering or changing polling location information.
- Oct 31, 2026Erroneous addresses and outdated information remained uncorrected in Mississippi's state system, risking sending voters to the wrong location on Election Day.