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City asks Justice Department to reject state redistricting plan

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:07:47 +0000

MORTON — The City of Morton has asked the Department of Justice to reject the redistricting plan for the Mississippi House of Representatives. The Scott County Times reports the board of aldermen acted this past week at the request of state Rep. Tom Miles, a Democrat from Forest. Miles has protested how the House districts [...]

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Legislature delivers redisticting plan to Justice Department

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:15:07 +0000

JACKSON — Legislative leaders say plans for new district lines for the House and Senate have been delivered to the Department of Justice. House Elections Committee chairman Bill Denny, R-Jackson, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the legislative plan was delivered this week. The 122 House districts and 52 Senate districts have to be updated [...]

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Senate approves redistricting plan; needs House approval

Associated Press — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:38:48 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate today adopted its own redistricting plan that includes more majority-black districts and fewer split precincts. The Senate also rubber-stamped a House map that the House approved last week. The Senate plan still needs House approval. Legislative maps have to be updated each decade to balance the population in the districts. [...]

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Senate unveils redistricting map; scheduled for vote today

Associated Press — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:43:52 +0000

JACKSON — A proposed new map for the Mississippi Senate includes more majority-black districts and fewer split precincts statewide. The Republican senator who led the redistricting effort, Merle Flowers of Southaven, said he’s confident it will be adopted with bipartisan support. “We have worked hard to draw a plan that’s fair and complies with the [...]

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Senate expected to unveil redistricting plan today; vote tomorrow

Associated Press — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:29:08 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Senate leaders plan to reveal redistricting plans for the chamber this afternoon, with the intention of asking the full Senate to approve the map tomorrow. Republican Sen. Merle Flowers, of Southaven, is redistricting chairman for the 52-member chamber. He said Monday that the proposed new map should make most senators happy. “I [...]

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House Republicans push through redistricting plan

Associated Press — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:13:25 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi House Republicans pushed through a redistricting plan yesterday that critics say would cut the number of white Democrats in the 122-member body. House members voted 70-49 for the plan, with 63 Republicans and seven Democrats supporting it. House Elections Chairman Bill Denny, a Jackson Republican, said the changes preserve black-majority districts and [...]

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House could unveil redistricting map today; Senate unsure of timing

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:45:17 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi House could unveil its own redistricting plan today, capping months of speculation about a new map that could shape lawmakers’ political fortunes for the coming decade. Senate leaders say it could be a few days before a new Senate map is shown to the public because experts and attorneys are still [...]

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No objections filed to new congressional redistricting

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:30:35 +0000

JACKSON — No one filed objections to new congressional districts drawn by federal judges by a last Thursday deadline, which could clear the way for judges to ratify the districts following a Wednesday hearing. A three-judge panel released a plan this week to update Mississippi’s four congressional districts. Redistricting is necessary after every Census to [...]

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Fight continues over congressional redistricting

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:59:39 +0000

ADAMS COUNTY and WILKINSON COUNTY — Republicans and Democrats continue fighting over moving Adams and Wilkinson counties in southwest Mississippi from the 3rd Congressional District to the 2nd. That dispute looms large in the latest filings in the federal court case. Attorney General Jim Hood dropped remaining objections to a three-judge panel redrawing Mississippi’s congressional [...]

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Congressmen confident court will produce acceptable redistricting plan

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:23:02 +0000

WASHINGTON — Mississippi’s four U.S. House members have expressed confidence that a federal court will produce a redistricting plan they can accept. The three Republicans and one Democrat said they did not object to a three-judge panel taking over the job of drawing new maps, as the state Republican Party had requested. The judges said [...]

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