Low voter turnout throughout the state

Mississippi’s top election officials say voter turnout appears to be light as several cities are holding party primaries for mayor.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says his office had received few calls by midday today from people with questions about where to vote.
Hosemann says he and 24 members of his staff have been at different precincts in cities around the state and there have been very few issues with voting other than incomplete ballots in Hinds County.
The biggest disappointment Hosemann says is the very small voter turnout. “The lines are quite short at every precinct, maybe only one or two people voting in the ones that I’ve been in. Very limited in the others where we’re getting reports across the state of Mississippi. These are of course our Democratic primary and a Republican primary so in some of these they’re not contested, but in many cases like in the city of Jackson, they’re heavily contested and we’ll probably have a runoff. Therefore those last few voters may make the difference.”
In the state capitol, first term Mayor Tony Yarber faces nine challengers in the Democratic primary and here on the Coast six people are running to replace Mayor Billy Skellie in Long Beach.