Thread by @ashtonpittman

BREAKING: Local Mississippi officials moved 3x as many polling locations since the spring primaries as reported to the Secretary of State's office, affecting about 65,000 voters.

SOS said they had been notified of just 17 precinct changes. We found 55. mississippifreepress.org/6577/mississip…

Many MS voters use the state's polling place locator to know where to vote on election day, but we found that some counties have failed to update the database it relies on to reflect location changes.

Use our map+chart tools to browse the 55 that changed: mississippifreepress.org/6577/mississip…

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Credit to @wspittman for this interactive map & searchable chart on @MSFreePress of all 55 precincts that have moved since May. Search your county name to see if any precincts changed in your county.

You can view it in the article above or at mfp.ms/voting/#2020-r…

NOTE: Unlike other states, Mississippi elections are not centralized and @MississippiSOS does not control precinct changes.

If you have questions or concerns, call or email your local county supervisors, circuit clerk or election commissioners. mississippifreepress.org/6577/mississip…

ICYMI: Election officials in Madison County quietly rezoned 2,000 Black & Hispanic voters out of a majority white precinct into an already-majority Black one.

Now, 3,670 mostly non-white voters must share 25 parking spaces and five voting machines. mississippifreepress.org/6492/madison-c…