Mississippi Officials Moved Three Times More Polling Places Than Reported for 65,000 Voters
Since May, local officials in Mississippi have changed polling-place locations for at least 55 precincts—more than triple the 17 precinct changes that Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson announced last week, affecting about 65,000 Mississippi voters.
The Black Church Has Been Getting ‘Souls To The Polls’ For More Than 60 Years
Black Church-led campaigns to expand and protect voting among African American reaches back to the years following the Civil War. At political forums held in churches, clergy educated congregants on political issues, regularly running for elected office themselves.
