Ellington

The Clarion-Ledger reports:

Polls opened at 7 a.m. today across the state as Mississippians voted in primaries to choose party nominees for mayor, aldermen and city council members.

Some Pearl voters in Country Place subdivision were confused about where they were supposed to vote. That area is split between two precincts, and some were incorrectly trying to vote at Skyway Hills, said Teresa Rooks, chairwoman of Pearl's Republican Municipal Executive Committee.

There was also concern because two candidates, Wayne Wicker and Melinda DePoyster, were originally listed as independents but were not. "One of the candidates had to call to see if he was on the ballot because The Clarion-Ledger listed him as an independent. We have no independents running," Rooks said. "They're afraid they may have lower turnout because of that."

Turnout in Pearl, in general, was low. "At 9:25 a.m. we had 101 voters (at one precinct in District 1) that had a four-way race. It's real low, especially for a four-way race," Rooks said.

Things started smoothly at 7 a.m. at Jackson's Ward 1 Precinct 36 at McLeod Elementary, but a few minutes after voting started touch-screen machines started going down. Within minutes all four were down.

Full article here.