by Associated Press Published: June 3,2013
Tags: city, city government, civil liberties, discrimination, election, election law, fderal agency, federal government, law, legal, monitor, monitoring, municipal, municipality, poll, vote, voter, Voting, voting rights
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor elections tomorrow in six Mississippi cities to ensure voters are treated fairly. Attorneys will observe polling place activities in Brookhaven, Greenwood, Isola, Meridian, Philadelphia and Ruleville. The monitoring is designed to enforce provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits discrimination based [...] [...]
MADISON — Madison residents won’t be heading to the polls Tuesday along with voters in neighboring communities. There’s no need for an election in the Mississippi city because the mayor and seven Board of Aldermen members aren’t facing any opposition. The Clarion-Ledger reports that a Mississippi state law holds that municipalities shouldn’t hold a general election [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 30,2013
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HATTIESBURG — Mississippi’s Supreme Court has appointed Circuit Judge David H. Strong of McComb to preside over a lawsuit challenging the qualifications of three city council candidates and seeking to halt the June 4 election in Hattiesburg. The Hattiesburg American reports Strong was appointed after another judge removed himself from the case. Last week, Ward 1 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 30,2013
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MERIDIAN — A candidate for mayor in Meridian has joined with the Lauderdale County Democratic Party in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor the June 4 Meridian election. A party spokesman and mayoral candidate Percy Bland both told the Meridian Star they had made the request. Bland said he wants to make sure voters [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: attorney, elected official, election, lawmaker, lawyer, legislative, legislator, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, state government, vote, voter, Voting
DIAMONDHEAD — Gulf Coast attorney Patricia Willis has won the state House of Representatives District 95 special election. Complete, but unofficial, returns show Willis received 52.4 percent of the vote in yesterday’s election to defeat three other candidates. The 60-year-old Willis, from Diamondhead, is an attorney and Waveland city prosecutor. House District 95 includes parts [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 27,2013
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DIAMONDHEAD — The four candidates running for a South Mississippi seat say they are worried that turnout will be low Tuesday. The Sun Herald reports that the special election falls between a municipal runoff and a general election. Attorney Patricia H. Willis, fourth-grade teacher Sherri Carr Bevis, federal retiree Grant Bower and insurance salesman Tommy Ballard [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
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GAUTIER — At the end of the this week’s Gautier City Council meeting, Mayor Tommy Fortenberry made a motion to use the June 4 ballot as a “trial run” for the 2 percent tax-levy issue. Fortenberry said he was concerned at the low turnout of the primary election and wants to make sure residents are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: alderman, bench, city, city government, court, decision, election, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, municipal, municipality, politician, Politics, poll, ruling, runoff, vote, voter, Voting
WEST POINT — A federal judge has denied a request to block today’s runoff elections in West Point. Alderman Jasper Pittman and four other residents filed suit Friday to have the city’s May 7 primary thrown out and Tuesday’s runoff stopped. Pittman, who was seeking re-election, fell one vote short of getting into a runoff [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: crime, district attorney, election, election law, invedstigator, investigate, investigation, law, law enforcement, legal, poll, vote, voter, Voting, voting law
CANTON — Complaints about alleged irregularities in Canton elections have prompted the Madison County district attorney’s office to start collecting information in anticipation of an official investigation. District Attorney Michael Guest tells The Clarion-Ledger seven people have contacted his office about alleged voting irregularities in the May 7 Democratic primary. Guest says he wants to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 20,2013
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JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is celebrating a victory in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the redrawing of the state’s voting districts. The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw new district lines in 2011. [...] [...]
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