by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
Tags: agency, city government, district, election, federal government, justice, law, legal, municipal, municipality, poll, vote, voter, Voting
BILOXI — The new ward lines approved by the Biloxi City Council haven’t been submitted to the U.S. Justice Department and residents will likely vote in their current districts for the May 7 municipal election. City officials tell The Sun Herald candidates filing to run in the municipal election are doing so under the current [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: court, discrimination, district, election, govertnment, judge, judicial, justice, law, lawmaker, legal, legislation, legislator, Legislature, plan, Politics, redistricting, representation, state government, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — Three federal judges say they won’t redraw Mississippi’s legislative districts or order the state to hold a new round of elections in 2013. The order came yesterday in a lawsuit that the state chapter of the NAACP had filed earlier to challenge state House and Senate redistricting. Legislative maps have to be updated [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: association, bench, case, court, discrimination, district, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, redistricting, state government, trial, vote, voter, Voting, voting district
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are going to federal court to oppose a lawsuit the state NAACP filed over redistricting. The suit seeks to block new state House and Senate districts that were drawn by lawmakers earlier this year and approved by the U.S. Justice Department in September. The suit by the state chapter of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, color, county government, decision, district, election, federal court, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, party, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, request, rule, ruling, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — A federal judge has denied a request by Hinds County Supervisor Phil Fisher and the Republican Party to bar the county from using its new redistricting plan in November elections, which involves only the five local election commission members. Still pending is the original lawsuit filed in September, which asks that the new [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: association, court, discrimination, district, election, federal government, group, lawsuit, organization, party, political, politican, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, state government, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has released a statement following the NAACP’s legal action regarding redistricting. Hosemann wrote: “It has always been my position the Mississippi Legislature should be able to redistrict itself and not the federal courts. The Mississippi House and Senate adopted fair redistricting plans that even received approval by the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: appeal, district, election, government, judge, justice, lawmaker, legislative, Politics, poll, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — The NAACP has asked a federal court to order elections for the Mississippi Legislature in 2013. In documents filed with a three-judge panel, the NAACP argues new district lines approved in September by the Justice Department merit new state House and Senate elections. The 122 House districts and 52 Senate districts were redrawn [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 9,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, county, court, district, elected official, election, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, lawsuit, politician, Politics, ppoll, public official, race, redistrict, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — The four black elected supervisors in Mississippi’s most populated county asked a federal judge yesterday to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of improperly using race as a consideration in redrawing voting districts. The lawsuit against the black members of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors was filed Sept. 19 in U.S. District Court [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: bench, bill, consolidate, consolidation, court, district, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, law. legal, lawmaker, legislation, legislator, realign, realignment
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Senate has approved legislation supported by Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) that will realign the federal judicial boundaries for the Northern District of Mississippi, condensing the existing four divisions into three. The Senate by unanimous consent approved the Divisional Realignment Act of 2012 (HR.5512), a measure to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, board of supervisors, county, county government, court, decision, district, election, federal, judge, judicial, judiciary, llaw, panel, Politics, redistricting, ruling, state government, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — A federal appeals panel has sent back to a Mississippi judge lawsuits challenging the failure of 11 Mississippi counties to redraw supervisor district lines in time for the 2011 election. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled since elections were held while the lawsuits were pending the issues raised by the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 28,2012
Tags: census, city, district, election, federal government, municipal government, municipality, Politics, population, redistricting, representation, representative, vote, voter, Voting
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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