Lyle Solla-Yateshttps://apnews.com/article/mississippi-supreme-court-elections-2026-voting-rights-7bdc9fca91db382a5b34db64c9294265 “Mississippi is nearly 40% Black, but has never had more than one Black Justice on the nine-member Court” #Mississippi #elections #JimCrow #racism #USPolitics #ACLU
Federal judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court
A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, who issued the Friday ruling, concluded the map dilutes the power of Black voters. A 2022 lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union challenged the map, arguing it cut a historically Black area in half. In her August ruling, Aycock noted only four Black people have served on Mississippi’s Supreme Court. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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