Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among the harshest because the state bans voting by first-time ...
Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting bar for people convicted of some crimes
The Supreme Court has left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of ...
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Measures allowing former felons to regain voting rights clear House committees
Mississippi has one of the harshest disenfranchisement systems in the nation and a convoluted way for restoring voting rights to people.
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Timeline: Mississippi's Racial Voter Intimidation History
Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of ...
Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting should be overturned. The Jim Crow-era practice extends to ...
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MS Senate, House advance election, campaign finance reforms by deadline. See what happened
Municipal elections:When is the 2025 municipal election? See key dates In Mississippi, campaign finance laws are antiquated and, in some cases, even contradictory of each other. Efforts to reform ...
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Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Mississippi is one of eleven states that doesn't automatically restore voting rights after convicted felons finish their sentences. Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among ...