Mississippi election officials can no longer change polling places within 60 days of an election, except under special ...

Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson praises the Trump administration's focus on election integrity. Watson ...

Mississippi has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation, despite the gains made in the wake of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mississippi is one of only three states to impose ...

Mississippi is one of only two states that ban first time felony offenders from voting for life. More about voting rights legislation Voting bill, which would have helped non-violent felons, dies ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has granted a request by Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, and three Mississippi voters to block S.B. 2358 — a newly ...

Mississippi is enacting dozens of new laws, including those to increase support for mothers of newborns, tighten restrictions on voting, designate a state fruit and set punishments for stealing ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” In the weeks leading up to the 2024 presidential election, Hurricane Helene made landfall, causing extensive ...

Ivory Moore was disenfranchised 31 years ago. In the decades before he got his voting rights back, he built bridges, roads ...

Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a federal appeals court panel ruled ...

The Mississippi's 1890 Constitution, which still governs the state's laws, strips voting rights from people convicted of any of a list 10 felonies, including forgery and bigamy.

To regain voting rights in Mississippi now, a person convicted of a disenfranchising crime must receive a governor’s pardon or must win permission from two-thirds of the state House and Senate.

Community leaders and legislators met in Mississippi to discuss felony voting rights and advocate for education and change."I advocate for others (so) that they can vote, and a lot of convicted felons ...