Posts Tagged ‘districts’

Appeals Court to hear lawsuits over drawing county district lines

by Associated Press Published: May 23,2012

Tags: bench, districts, elections, judges, judicial, judiciary, Politics, redistricting, voters, votes, Voting

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A federal appeals court has scheduled oral arguments for June 4 in lawsuits challenging the failure of 11 Mississippi counties to redraw supervisor district lines in time for the 2011 election. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in New Orleans. In March of 2011, [...] [...]

State legislators to vote soon on redistricting plan

by Associated Press Published: April 9,2012

Tags: bills, districts, elections, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, Politics, population, redistricting, state government, voters, Voting

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers soon will be asked to vote on new configurations for their own House and Senate districts. It’s a politically sensitive task that could shape their own re-election prospects — and the prospects of their colleagues and their political parties — for the coming decade. The redistricting chairmen, Sen. Merle Flowers of [...] [...]

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