The Secretary of State told Neshoba County Fair attendees that he will work with the Legislature to make online campaign finance filing the law.

The integrity of Mississippi’s election system is at the top of Secretary of State Michael Watson’s agenda.

During the Neshoba County Fair this week, Watson, a two-term Republican, described how the partnership with Experian to review the state’s voter rolls discovered 200,000 registered voters that need to be reassessed by local election officials. He also said 7,000 people were found to be double registered to vote in Mississippi and in another state.

In his effort to ensure election integrity, Watson told fairgoers that his office is working to develop a new web portal for candidates to file their campaign forms, allowing the public to easil

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