Hinds County Circuit Clerk Zack Wallace (right) announced that Hinds County expects to certify their election results sometime on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, while affidavit scanning continued behind him in the Hinds County Election Commission warehouse in Jackson, Miss. MFP Photo by Grace Marion
Hinds County election officials are aiming to finish counting ballots and certify the county’s election results later today, Hinds County Circuit Court Clerk Zack Wallace said.
The Hinds County Resolution Board is currently scanning affidavit ballots.
“After this process is complete, we will upload them to the system, also upload them to the SEMS system, which is the Statewide Election Management System, and hopefully try to certify today,” Wallace said.
All Mississippi counties have until Friday to certify their results and transmit them to the secretary of state.
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.
