by Press | Jul 3, 2024 | Press Releases
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has ordered Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps in several areas after concluding those maps unlawfully dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians. Civil rights advocates challenged the maps and showed at...
by Press | Dec 20, 2022 | Press Releases
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates today challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of...
by Press | Oct 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Jackson, Miss.) – A new ‘notice and cure process’ to give voters a chance to correct minor issues with their absentee ballots and expanded curbside voting were implemented today by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson for the Nov. 2020 election. A...
by Press | Sep 17, 2020 | Press Releases
(Jackson, Miss.) – Mississippi’s eligibility requirements to vote by absentee ballot are unconstitutional and must immediately be waived for the duration of the pandemic, a preliminary injunction motion filed today in a case against...
