Mississippi voters choose between a first-term Republican governor and a Democrat related to Elvis

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One judge has ordered all polls in Mississippi’s largest county to remain open an extra hour, until 8 p.m. Central Time, while a another judge has said four polling places in some Jackson suburbs have to extend voting until 9 p.m. The orders Tuesday evening came after several polling places ran out of ballots. Both state political parties and a nonpartisan group petitioned courts for the extra voting time in Hinds County because of the problems in some Jackson suburbs. More ballots were being provided to the locations. The hard-fought governor’s is between Republican incumbent Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley.