Mississippi Lawmakers Launch Redistricting Process After Supreme Court Ruling

Mississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process after Supreme Court ruling - WXXV News 25

By  TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Lawmakers on Monday took the first steps toward potentially redrawing Mississippi’s legislative, congressional and judicial districts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Louisiana v. Callais decision that weakened minority voting protections. The Joint Redistricting and Reapportionment Committee, comprised of House members and senators, met at the state Capitol for the first time since the Supreme…

Mississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process after Supreme Court ruling

Lawmakers in Mississippi have taken the first steps toward potentially redrawing the state's legislative, congressional, and judicial districts. This follows the U.S.

Mississippi lawmakers meet to discuss redistricting

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi lawmakers met at the State Capitol in Jackson on Monday to discuss redistricting. Some Republican leaders have pushed for the legislature to redistrict after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race cannot be the primary factor in drawing election maps. House and Senate leadership picked 10 members from each chamber [...]

Remap committee has some diversity

It’s a given that Mississippi’s Republican-dominated Legislature, now that it has the blessing of the U.S. Supreme Court, is going to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional districts to more heavily favor the GOP.

Series of public meeting announced to gather input on Mississippi redistricting - Mississippi Monitor

By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune   (Photo from Shutterstock)   A series of eight public meetings will be held in as many cities starting this month to gather input on the likely redistricting coming to legislative, congressional, and judicial districts across Mississippi. During a less than 10-minute organizational meeting Monday of the Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, members of the Mississippi House of Repre…

Lieutenant Governor Names Appointees to Redistricting Committee - The Gazebo Gazette

The Gazebo Gazette JACKSON (GG) — Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann has appointed members to the Mississippi Joint Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting to address redistricting following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. “I have full confidence these members will respectfully and thoroughly study redistricting, understanding the magnitude of this responsibility,” said Lieutenant […] The post Lieutenant Governo…