Top Mississippi Republicans Fail to Acknowledge Biden Victory as Fitch Joins Trump Lawsuit
Top Mississippi Republicans Fail to Acknowledge Biden Victory as Fitch Joins Trump Lawsuit
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Top Mississippi Republicans Fail to Acknowledge Biden Victory as Fitch Joins Trump Lawsuit
A towering Confederate monument will likely continue to stand next to the Forrest County Courthouse in majority-Black Hattiesburg, Miss., after a county-wide referendum to remove it narrowly failed in a 51% to 49% vote.
Mississippi reported 1,612 new COVID-19 cases today—more than on any day since July 30, when the summer surge hit its peak with 1,775 cases. The Mississippi State Department of Health also reported an additional eight deaths today.
Mississippi re-elected Hyde-Smith, a Republican, to her first full six-year term in the U.S. Senate. Her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, conceded last night, congratulating his Republican opponent.
A large majority of Mississippians have voted to legalize medical marijuana. With more than 70% of votes counted as of 11 p.m., about 67% of the state’s voters have opted to legalize medicinal weed with votes for Initiative 65.
Mississippi has voted to end a Jim Crow-era constitutional provision intended to dilute the Black vote and ensure white voters would be able to choose governors and other statewide officials. It created an electoral college-like system requiring candidates for statewide office to win, not only the popular vote, but also a majority of Mississippi House districts.
A large majority of Mississippians have voted to adopt a new state flag, affirming the Legislature’s decision to retire the Confederate-themed 1894 version. While some votes are outstanding, there is no sign they would change the result.
Chaotic scenes unfolded in and around a crowded majority-Black Madison County voting precinct this morning as hundreds of voters’ vehicles filled up two parking lots and began spilling into a third down the road. Voters waited two hours to cast a ballot as the line stretched from The Mark Apartments precinct in southeast Ridgeland, a historic white-flight suburb outside Jackson, and wrapped around a shopping center down the road.
On Election Day, Mississippi voters have the opportunity to vote to rid the state constitution of a Jim Crow-era remnant: A state-level elections law similar to the national electoral college system that requires candidates for eight statewide offices, including governor, to win not only the popular vote, but a majority of House districts.
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