Hinds County’s Resolution Board began reviewing absentee ballots today at 12:30 p.m., and the county’s five election commissioners will begin counting and verifying affidavit ballots at about 2 p.m., District 2 Election Commissioner Bobbie M. Graves told the Mississippi Free Press.

The county has 10 business days to certify the election results, but they aim to complete affidavit counting within five business days, District 5 commissioner Felicia McClinton told the Mississippi Free Press.

Hinds County Circuit Court Clerk Zack Wallace said issues at the ballot box in Hinds County were minimal. “I think, some of the issues they made it out to be big, but it was pretty much a ballot was jammed into the machine, and it wasn’t anything,” Wallace 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.