Board of Election Commissioners proposes new Senate districts for DeSoto County area

Board of Election Commissioners proposes new Senate districts for DeSoto County area - Mississippi Monitor

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune   Mississippi Capitol (Photo: Sarah Ulmer/Magnolia Tribune)   The Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners has submitted a new legislative redistricting plan for the DeSoto County area, complying with an order from a three-judge panel that said the Senate map adopted this session failed to remedy the dilution of black voting strength. Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R), Governor Tate Reeves (R), and Secre…

Election Commissioners offer new Senate districting map proposal

Senate District 2 becomes a minority-majority district. Senate District 11 remains a Black-majority district but lowers its Black voting population by about nine percent.

State proposes new senate districts in DeSoto County following order by federal judges - SuperTalk Mississippi

One week after a panel of federal judges ordered Mississippi’s Board of Election Commissioners to redraw state senate districts in DeSoto County, the state has offered a new proposal. On Tuesday, the board, comprised of Republicans Gov. Tate Reeves, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Secretary of State Michael Watson, submitted a new plan. The latest proposal aims to remedy concerns espoused by the NAACP in a lawsuit accusing the state of diluting…

Board of Election Commissioners proposes new Senate districts for DeSoto County area

Changes were also proposed to the pre-special election timeline as the legal wrangling over the new districts continues.