Mississippi
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Federal Judge Tosses Election Map Used for Mississippi Supreme Court
in : Newsby :
A federal judge ordered Mississippi to revise an electoral map used in voting for state supreme court justices after determining that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock held on Aug. 19 that the current map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of black voters and violates Section 2 of the…
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Judicial Watch Victory: Fifth Circuit Rejects Appeal to Undo Decision Ending Counting of Votes Received after Election Day
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declined to rehear its previous ruling, in which it agreed with Judicial Watch that it was unlawful for Mississippi to count ballots that arrived after Election Day. The full Circuit declined to hear the case by a vote…
