While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Emily Wagster Pettus And Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A conservative federal court on Friday said Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day, although the decision was not expected to affect the Nov. 5 election.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi's practice of counting mailed absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.