Costs of elections

The Daily Journal ran the numbers on how much it is costing the taxpayers of Mississippi to run essentially two special elections. The total- nearly $1 million dollars. Keep in mind when you see these numbers, that Haley Barbour and his attorneys argued that holding a special election for the vacant Senate seat would cost the taxpayers more money (and went against the Mississippi constitution). However, we can go with the constitution, and spend $1 million on the NE Miss race.

The first number is for the special election, the second number is for the runoff.

COUNTIES SPECIAL RUNOFF
Alcorn $20,000 $18,000
Benton $7,700 $7,700
Calhoun $14,000 $14,000
Chickasaw $8,000 $8,000
Choctaw $6,800 $6,800
Clay $10,000 $10,000
DeSoto $35,000 $30,000
Grenada $12,500 $12,000
Itawamba $7,800 $7,800
Lafayette $12,500 $12,000
Lee $65,000 $45,000
Lowndes $25,000 $18,000
Marshall $12,000 $10,000
Monroe $25,000 $25,000
Panola $12,500 $12,500
Pontotoc $21,000 $21,000
Prentiss $9,000 $9,000
Tate $16,500 $16,500
Tippah $10,000 $10,000
Tishomingo $20,000 $15,000
Union $10,000 $10,000
Webster $9,000 $9,000
*Winston Unavailable Unavailable
Yalobusha $17,000 $6,000
TOTAL $386,300 $333,300
Sec of State $130,900 $130,900
GRAND TOTAL $517,200 $464,200
* Winston County had only one precinct.