Jackson Free Press

Claude McInnis, Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee chairman, is refuting information circulated this morning via Facebook.

In the post, Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. wrote: "Jackson voters: Remember... when you cast your ballot today.... you must vote for ALL of the Municipal Executive Committee Members... or the voting machine won't accept your ballot! Please share this status so that your vote will be counted!!!!"

Reached just moments ago, McInnis said that Johnson's info is not accurate. The machines will give voters a chance to correct or cast ballots for any positions they might have missed, similar to an "Are you sure?" message on a computer when you choose a command that might delete or change a file.

Voters do not have to vote in every race on the ballot, however. If they choose, they don't have to cast a vote for anyone at all. Every vote will count, he said.

Poll workers at Callaway High School told reporter Tyler Cleveland that the machines will kick ballots back if voters don't fill it out all the way. In that case, voters must put the ballot back in and push a different button.

If you experience any problems, ask a poll worker to help you. That's one of the reasons they're out there today.

Melissa Faith Payne, communications director at Friends of Harvey Johnson, the campaign for the incumbent mayor, says that she has updated the original Facebook post.