People watch Rankin County election officials sort and count affidavit ballots at the county election commission’s office in Brandon, Miss., on Nov. 10, 2026. MFP Photo by Grace Marion
The Rankin County Resolutions Board finished scanning affidavit ballots for District while the other four board members make progress with the other districts, Rankin County District 2 Election Commissioner Andrew Sorrentino told the Mississippi Free Press on Tuesday afternoon.
The Rankin County Resolution Board members are copying down about 40 absentee ballots for military members to scan into their voting system, and will begin affidavit ballots for military scanning once they are done.
All absentee ballot types will be scanned after affidavit scanning is complete, commissioners told the Mississippi Free Press.
Capital Bureau Reporter Grace E. Marion is covering the capital city, Jackson, as well as surrounding rural, urban and suburban areas in Hinds County, Madison County and Rankin County. She is a reporter and photojournalist with a passion for narrative writing and investigative reporting. Her work as a journalist has earned her coverage in publications like the Columbia Journalism Review, the Hechinger Report, and the Student Press Law Center. Grace is a member of the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
Grace graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media in 2022 with a degree in print and broadcast journalism, and from the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2024.
