Mississippi Business Journal » voting right http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Court hears debate over pre-clearance section of Voting Rights Act http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/court-hears-debate-over-pre-clearance-section-of-voting-rights-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-hears-debate-over-pre-clearance-section-of-voting-rights-act http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/court-hears-debate-over-pre-clearance-section-of-voting-rights-act/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:58:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70433 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wrestling with the fate of a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an argument at the court, liberal and conservative justices engaged in a sometimes tense back and forth over whether there is an ongoing need [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/court-hears-debate-over-pre-clearance-section-of-voting-rights-act/feed/ 0 Hosemann: Response to voter ID initiative ‘limited’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/05/hosemann-response-to-voter-id-initiative-limited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hosemann-response-to-voter-id-initiative-limited http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/05/hosemann-response-to-voter-id-initiative-limited/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:13:47 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=59343 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Secretary of State’s Office reports its outreach initiative offering assistance to individuals with no acceptable forms of photo voter identification has received limited response in its first two weeks. “We have inundated the state with outreach initiatives requesting these individuals contact our office,” says Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. “So far, only [...]

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