Mississippi Senate race vote counting continues

What each leads with

Daily Beast ↗ — Headline: "Republicans Float Vote Rigging in Desperate Ploy to Save Red Seat"; body stresses NRSC letters demanding separation of provisional ballots and quotes Colom campaign calling the move a "desperate stunt."

Washington Examiner ↗ — Headline: "GOP pins hopes in Mississippi Senate race on late-arriving ballots it asked Supreme Court to strike down"; body details prior RNC challenge to mail ballots, Barrett ruling, and notes GOP now relies on those same ballots.


Republicans Float Vote Rigging in Desperate Ploy to Save Red Seat

Left: Daily Beast

Republicans revealed their next potential move in the fight over Mississippi’s Senate seat as Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith trails her Democratic opponent Scott Colom. The Democratic Senate candidate has grown his lead to 1,724 votes over the GOP senator as of Thursday afternoon, as election officials continue counting ballots in the tight race. Officials are…

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GOP pins hopes in Mississippi Senate race on late-arriving ballots it asked Supreme Court to strike down

Right: Washington Examiner

As Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) narrowly trails her Democratic challenger Scott Colom by just a few hundred votes in the unexpectedly close Senate race in Mississippi, Republicans are now hoping a Supreme Court loss on late-arriving mail ballots earlier this year will help save their senator from being the latest victim of the blue tsunami. […]

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