Judge: Mississippi suit to cover all who lost voting rights
A federal judge says a handful of former Mississippi convicts who are suing to have their voting rights restored can represent everyone who falls into that category.
Mississippi ex-felons oppose merger of 2 voting rights cases
Some former convicts who want to regain voting rights in Mississippi say their lawsuit should stand on its own and not be merged with a similar case.
Lawsuit: Mississippi ‘harsh’ in denying ex-con voting rights
Mississippi has enacted unfair barriers that stop former convicts from regaining their right to vote, a new federal lawsuit says.
Lawsuit seeks to end Mississippi’s lifetime felon voting ban
Mississippi’s constitution bars its citizens from voting ever again after being convicted of certain felonies.
Legislative bills highlight specific issues
As the 2017 legislative session moves on, local lawmakers are hoping to draw support on bills for a range of issues, from stricter DUI enforcement to criminal justice reform.
Primaries offer 1st major test of voter ID
In elections that begin next week, voters in 10 states will be required to present photo identification before casting ballots — the first major test of voter ID laws after years of legal challenges arguing that the measures are designed to suppress voting.
Only 100 voter IDs distributed so far
About 100 Mississippi Voter ID cards — equal to about three-one thousandths of the state’s population — have been distributed statewide since the start of a campaign to ensure voters are ready for mandatory photo IDs at the polls this year.
Voter ID window opens across Mississippi
Fifteen counties in Mississippi have issued Voter ID cards since the window opened last week for registered voters who need to get one.
Lowndes County isn’t one of those 15, circuit clerk Haley Salazar said Friday, but she expects that to change as the June 3 congressional primaries draw nearer.
Voter ID equipment installed in Lowndes Co.
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann visited the Lowndes County Courthouse Monday to supervise the installation of voter ID equipment at Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar’s office.
Miss. trying to educate people about voter ID law
Mississippi’s top elections official is launching a publicity blitz to bring attention to the state’s voter identification law that’s scheduled to be used for the first time in June.
Mississippi to start making voter ID cards in early 2014
Mississippi’s top elections official says the state should start issuing free voter identification cards in early 2014, months before the first election in which people will be required to show photo IDs at the polls.
Lloyd Gray: Vigilance on voting rights
Most Mississippians take pride in the state’s racial progress through the years. Those who doubt there’s been much progress either don’t know our state’s history
Voter ID law expected to be used by 2014
JACKSON — Mississippi voters could have to start showing photo identification at the polls by the June 2014 federal primaries, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann
Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march
The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans’ votes haven’t stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls.
Slimantics: The conditional right to vote….
It is an ageless truth: You often don’t realize the value of something until you lose it.
I suppose that is why I am particularly sensitive to the recent trend for Voter ID laws in some states.