Voting Rights Restoration For 32 Mississippians Advances After Broader Suffrage Bill Fails
Thirty-two Mississippians convicted of felonies could get their voting rights back after lawmakers advanced suffrage bills on Monday.
Thirty-two Mississippians convicted of felonies could get their voting rights back after lawmakers advanced suffrage bills on Monday.
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies.
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.
Mississippi legislators are unlikely to restore a ballot initiative process this year after a Senate proposal died on Monday.
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.
We hear so much hand-wringing about brain drain in Mississippi, but what we don’t talk about nearly enough is government secrecy.
Mississippi primary voters renominated U.S. House and U.S. Senate candidates in Tuesday’s primaries but four will face challengers in November.
Mississippi could limit last-minute polling-place changes, ban AI images intended to cause harm and more.
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