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City asks court to toss redistricting lawsuit

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:14:48 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The city of Hattiesburg is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by a group that says the city’s redistricting plan dilutes black voting strength. The U.S. District Court lawsuit asks for a court injunction against the use of the plan in municipal elections. The city’s response denies that allegation, saying that [...]

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Justice Department approves city’s redistricting plan

Associated Press — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:14:30 +0000

SOUTHAVEN — The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Southaven’s redistricting plan to balance the six voting wards in the city to address population growth in the last decade. During yesterday’s Board of Aldermen meeting, The Commercial Appeal reports Mayor Greg Davis announced that the justice department approved the plan that the city submitted in [...]

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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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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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City hires Stennis Institute to draw up redistricting plan

Associated Press — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:17:45 +0000

HORN LAKE — The city of Horn Lake has hired The Stennis Institute to come up with a redistricting plan for the city before next spring’s municipal elections. The Commercial Appeal reports Stennis, based at the Mississippi State University, will be paid $17,000 to draft alternate plans that will be reviewed by the city in [...]

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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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