Twenty-two candidates were on the unofficial list for the Jackson mayoral race on the January 31 deadline. There was ...

Several of those pegged as contenders for the governor's race in 2027 have collectively raised millions in campaign cash in 2024. Plus, other updates ...

Eight states require that a candidate win a majority of all votes cast (i.e., 50 percent plus at least one) in order to be declared the winner of a primary election, including one state that uses RCV ...

Most other states, including all those surrounding Mississippi, have searchable databases of campaign contributions, as there ...

The state House of Representatives is slated to consider giving the public the right to seek ballot initiatives except on abortion and  other issues.

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 ...

But the state responded that the Supreme Court has previously made clear that states may refuse to deny the right to vote to people convicted of felonies. About 38% of Mississippi residents are Black.

Senator Jeremy England said this is now at the point where being one of only three states without early voting is causing confusion and frustration in Mississippi elections. State Senator Jeremy ...

There were 1,007 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2024. South Carolina held 39 special elections during the same time period. The largest number of special elections in ...

Voters in Alaska approved a ballot initiative in November that will raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour from ... then drives her daughter across town to have her senior pictures done before ...

TUPELO — With April’s municipal primary election on the horizon, Tupelo officials have selected their election commissioners and set the rates they will pay election workers. The Tupelo City ...