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Without Justice approval, residents to vote in current disctricts

Associated Press — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:32:57 +0000

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 [...]

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Federal panel approves state’s redistricting plan

Associated Press — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:03:40 +0000

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 [...]

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Lawmakers going to court to block NAACP lawsuit

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:06:26 +0000

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 [...]

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Judge denies supervisor’s request concerning redistricting

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:36:57 +0000

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 [...]

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Hosemann responds to NAACP regarding redistricting

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:40:08 +0000

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 [...]

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NAACP asks judge to order elections for Legislature in 2013

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:18:37 +0000

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 [...]

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Black supervisors ask judge to toss redistricting lawsuit

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:50:42 +0000

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 [...]

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Senate passes bill realigning, condensing court district

MBJ Staff — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:19:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Federal appeals panel returns lawsuit over redistricting

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:58:18 +0000

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 [...]

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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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