by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2013
Tags: absentee ballot, ballot, election, political campaign, politican, Politics, poll, state agency, state law, vote, voter, Voting
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Secretary of State’s Office will conduct a thorough review of absentee ballots cast in some cities in the upcoming municipal primary election. This review comes on the heels of several complaints from municipal clerks, elected officials and citizens regarding a high number of absentee ballots cast thus far in the primary. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
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MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — It looks like there’s going to be a four-candidate race May 28 for the state House of Representatives District 95 seat. The deadline to qualify for the special election to fill the seat held by the late Rep. Jessica Upshaw was yesterday, a state holiday. A spokeswoman with the Secretary of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
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MERIDIAN — Independent mayoral candidate Walter Patton’s name will on the June 4 general election ballot in Meridian. The Meridian Star reports the local election board denied a challenge to Patton’s candidacy. Some people who signed Patton’s petition told the election board that they supported a different candidate. They wanted their names removed from Patton’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
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VICKSBURG — State Rep. George Flaggs, a Democrat from Vicksburg who has served in the House since 1988, says he will retire after the 2013 session. Flaggs said he also would leave his job as administrator of Warren County Youth Detention Center. He says he is considering a run for mayor of Vicksburg. The city’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: appeal, ballot, bench, court, decision, election, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, opinion, Politics, poll, public office, ruling, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — A divided Mississippi Supreme Court late yesterday vacated a lower court’s order that put a Jackson attorney’s name on a Court of Appeals ballot. Latrice Westbrooks had challenged her removal from the ballot based on residency arguments. Westbrooks has acknowledged that she lives seven-tenths of a mile outside District 2, but she says [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 13,2012
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JACKSON — Officials are letting Democrats put a different nominee in South Mississippi’s 4th District congressional race. State election commissioners voted unanimously to let Michael Herrington of Hattiesburg withdraw and Matthew Moore of Biloxi take his place. State law says if a party nominee withdraws for a nonpolitical reason such as illness, the party may [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 11,2012
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JACKSON — State election commissioners have delayed a decision on whether to let Democrats replace their nominee in south Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District. Commissioners will meet again to discuss the issue tomorrow, which also is the deadline for commissioners to give county elections officials the sample ballot for the Nov. 6 elections. In March, Michael [...] [...]
With comparatively few shots being fired in the statewide elections, many are turning to the three ballot initiatives to quench their thirst for electoral intrigue. All three of the proposed initiatives are historic in a number of ways. If there is a common denominator with which to assess the impact of these measures it would [...] [...]
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