1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Investigate Todd Blanche immediately for voter intimidation in Hinds County, Mississippi. On Monday, Blanche held a meeting at Jackson City Hall, directly across from the Hinds County Courthouse, where voters had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to cure their affidavit ballots. The road closures and heavy police presence, including snipers on rooftops, created exactly the kind of fear that keeps people from exercising their rights. This was not a coincidence of timing or location. Affidavit ballots are likely to decide a U.S. Senate race where Democrat Scott Colom leads by roughly 2,500 votes. Hinds County is one of the most heavily Black counties in the state. As Angela Grayson of the Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable put it, "folks don't understand what's going on and are being rerouted because of the road closures." That is not an accident. That is suppression. Every vote cast in that Senate race must be counted without federal interference designed to frighten voters away from the curing process. Blanche's conduct warrants a full investigation, and if the evidence supports it, accountability through impeachment and removal from office.