Friday U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign submitted the required paperwork for ballot access in the November special election to the Mississippi Secretary of State. 

That paperwork includes her statement of intent, the $1,000 qualifying fee, and “not less than 1,000 qualified electors of the state.”  The Hyde-Smith campaign submitted 1,299 qualified elector signatures from 27 counties as certified by various county Circuit Clerks.