Early Voting Bill Dies, Disenfranchising Crimes Remain: #MSLeg Roundup
School boards may have to implement cardiac emergency response plans under a new proposal. Runoffs could move to four weeks after a primary.
School boards may have to implement cardiac emergency response plans under a new proposal. Runoffs could move to four weeks after a primary.
Several bills that could have grown democracy in Mississippi died as the state House and Senate killed each other’s proposals.
All registered Mississippi voters could be able to cast a ballot up to 15 days before an election under an early-voting bill the House passed.
Mississippi Sen. Jeremy England has raised over $1,600 for a breast cancer charity after a critic called him a “groomer” because he wore a pink onesie with a mesh skirt and dyed his hair to match for a 2020 fundraiser.
Mississippi Free Press’ attorney Rob McDuff said in a May 2022 statement that the Mississippi Open Meetings Act requires that other meetings of legislators, like the Republican Caucus, be open to the public when they constitute a quorum and are discussing public business.”
A Jim Crow-era policy meant to prevent Black citizens from voting will remain intact after Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed a bill to restore voting rights to people who have disenfranchising crimes expunged.
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