The election will be certified with about the same result that is published in the press. Cochran wins with a 6,400 or 6,700 or so (I forget which) margin of victory. The loser has the right to challenge the result. I don't think there is any significant time pressure. General election isn't until November.
Right now McDaniel has 1,000 or more known instances of invalid ballots. That knowledge will NOT change the election clerk's report at all. The election clerk is going to report all the ballots, even the invalid ones. That is going to happen no matter how long they are stalled on calling the race.
THANK YOU for a meat and potatoes post!
Finally the process is refreshed. Thanks so much!
“Right now McDaniel has 1,000 or more known instances of invalid ballots.”
Those aren’t just ‘invalid ballots’, they are instances of voter fraud! They voted twice in the primary, and THAT is a felony!
If Mississippi has a law that bars felons from voting, there might be several thousand demonrats stricken from the voting rolls in Nov.