Panel orders Mississippi to redraw DeSoto County legislative districts as special elections loom

Hurst raises questions about election district maps

CARBON HILL - The Carbon Hill Town Council recently heard Councilwoman Judy Hurst bring up the district map for the upcoming municipal election, noting she went to state offices in Montgomery on the matter.

Panel orders Mississippi to redraw DeSoto County legislative districts as special elections loom

A federal three-judge panel has ordered Mississippi officials to develop another legislative map that ensures Black voters in the DeSoto County area have a fair opportunity to elect candidates to the state Senate. The unanimous ruling on Tuesday gave the…

Federal judges rule DeSoto County redistricting effort fails to meet standards of Voting Rights Act - SuperTalk Mississippi

A federal three-judge panel is again ordering the State Board of Election Commissioners to redraw state senate districts in northeast Mississippi to allow fair opportunity for Black voters to elect preferred candidates.   The panel ordered the state to redraw 10 Senate voting districts and five House districts in response to a 2022 NAACP lawsuit that alleged voting power for the black voting age population (BVAP) was diluted in Mississippi due t…

Court again orders Mississippi to redraw DeSoto County legislative districts with special elections looming

A federal three-judge panel on Tuesday evening ordered state officials to develop another legislative map that ensures Black voters in the DeSoto County area have a fair opportunity to elect candidates to the state Senate.

Court orders State Board of Election Commissioners to redraw DeSoto County Senate districts - Mississippi Monitor

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune   Mississippi state Sens. Rod Hickman, D-Macon, left, Michael McLendon, R-Hernando, second from left, Albert Butler, D-Port Gibson, and David Jordan, D-Greenwood, review an alternate Senate redistricting map at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., March 29, 2022. Three federal judges ruled Tuesday, July 2, 2024, that Mississippi legislators must redraw some state House and Senate districts because the dis…

Federal Court Rules Mississippi’s Legislative Remedial Maps Still

A federal court yesterday ruled that remedial state Senate maps passed by the Legislature earlier this year still do not remedy unlawful vote dilution in the DeSoto County area. New maps for the area will now be ordered into place by the court in advance of special elections set for November 2025.