Mississippi Business Journal » voting district http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Hosemann revels in victory over Court’s redistricting ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/supreme-court-upholds-ruling-in-naacps-redistricting-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-court-upholds-ruling-in-naacps-redistricting-lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/supreme-court-upholds-ruling-in-naacps-redistricting-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75153 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/20/supreme-court-upholds-ruling-in-naacps-redistricting-lawsuit/feed/ 0 City asks court to toss redistricting lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/08/city-asks-court-to-toss-redistricting-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-asks-court-to-toss-redistricting-lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/08/city-asks-court-to-toss-redistricting-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:14:48 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70983 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/08/city-asks-court-to-toss-redistricting-lawsuit/feed/ 0 Lawmakers going to court to block NAACP lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/26/lawmakers-going-to-court-to-block-naacp-lawsuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawmakers-going-to-court-to-block-naacp-lawsuit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/26/lawmakers-going-to-court-to-block-naacp-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:06:26 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64319 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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