An early morning voter carries his ballot to one of the various privacy kiosks in a north Jackson, Miss., precinct, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Among the limited issues are a tourism tax for Hinds County, voting for a Hinds County District Attorney, and a U.S. Senator. Mississippi Free Press Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
Rankin County’s North Richland and South Richland voters were in the same building for the Nov. 3 election, with some voters casting their ballots at the wrong precinct despite arriving at the correct address.
At least six voters confused the two precincts. Although 20 U.S. states and Washington D.C. count ballots cast at the wrong precincts towards their election results Mississippi is not among them.
Rankin County District 1 Election Commissioner Kelly Wedgeworth handled affidavit vote curing for both Richland precincts, numbered precincts 114 and 115.
“We have more than I like,” Wedgeworth told the Mississippi Free Press. “I’d like to have none, … but if you get busy, you know, in the weeds, and they just do (sometimes end up at the wrong precinct).”
Rankin County Election Commissioners are asking Rankin County District 1 Supervisor Syd Scarbrough to combine the two Richland precincts so those six votes can be counted, they told the Mississippi Free Press. Scarbrough could not be reached for comment.
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.
