I’m going to guess that someone smart took a look at death certificates over the past 10 years and found several who are registered and have voted...after being dead. Just my honest guess. Can’t see how you want to pay someone off if you have have 90 percent democratic vote in the county.
Although there are some scattered counties in the east that are majority Black (such as rural Noxubee), the bulk of them are White. It’s mostly those along the Mississippi that are majority Black. It’ll be interesting to see how Benton votes this year for Governor.
Funny, I live in Ashland and have never had any trouble out of the people in Benton county. As a matter of fact the town is around 85.10% White.