Republican-led Mississippi Senate OKs faster purge of voter rolls
A sharply divided Mississippi Senate voted Wednesday to speed up the process of purging inactive voters’ names from election rolls.
The bill passed 36-16, with all the support coming from Republicans and all the opposition from Democrats.
Legislators split over ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ elections bills
Local representatives are split on a pair of bills being considered in the state Legislature that would require election commissioners to send confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in at least one election within a set number of years and to remove them from the Statewide Elections Management System if they do not respond to the notice.
Effects of Supreme Court voter roll decision appear limited
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for states to take a tougher approach to maintaining their voter rolls, but will they?
Not voting could jeopardize future votes in some states
Do you have to vote even if you don’t want to? Not doing so could put you on the path to losing your vote in some states.
Noxubee County agrees to purge voter rolls due to lawsuit
A county in eastern Mississippi has agreed to clean up its voter rolls but says there is no evidence that illegal votes have ever been cast.