Reply #10: MS: Judge: New Democratic Party primary election needed in Wilkinson Co. [View All]

[EFerrari]

Judge: New Democratic Party primary election needed in Wilkinson Co.

Last Update: 2/23 12:26 pm

WOODVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Chancery Judge Jim Persons has notified the attorneys involved in the long-running Wilkinson County Democratic primary election contest that he intends to call a new election.

Earlier this week, Persons decided that absentee, affidavit or curbside ballots from the Aug. 7 primary election would not be counted because it could not be determined that the ballots had been kept safe from tampering.

"The court cannot rely on the authenticity of the ballots, that they have not been tampered with," Persons said. "None of the contents of those ballot boxes are to be relied on by the court. I have no confidence in the security of those boxes."

Persons said without those ballots the will of the voters could not be determined and a new election must be called.

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