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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 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 ...
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 ...
voting rights ban Mississippi Jackson July 24, 2024. Who Can and Can’t Vote in Mississippi: A Guide to the State’s Lifetime Voting Ban This guide offers details about the state’s disenfranchisement ...
Ari Savitzky, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's Voting Rights Project, told Newsweek in an email, "Mississippi's felon disenfranchisement scheme is draconian—the ...
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 ...
A Mississippi law requiring officials to count absentee ballots received by mail up to five days after Election Day violates federal law, an appeals court ruled on Friday.
A new Mississippi law now bans polling place changes within 60 days of an election unless there are emergency circumstances.
"I Voted" stickers at an election precinct in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 12, 2024. A federal appeals court upheld Mississippi's state disenfranchisement laws, saying that the legislature has ...