Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker won another term, defeating Ty Pinkins. Wicker has been in the Senate since 2007.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday invalidated a Mississippi election law that allowed mail-in and absentee election ballots as long as they were sent on or before Election Day.

(AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi’s practice of counting mailed absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to ...

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked before Election Day — but received up to five days after Election Day — is pre ...

"Our Circuit Clerk and Election commissioners will follow the law, whether it be the legislature or the court that decide what that may be!" Tim C. Holleman, a lawyer who represented Mississippi ...