Mississippi challenges private parties such as NAACP suing to enforce Voting Rights Act

The appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court stems from the NAACP’s challenge of legislative districts which resulted in special elections this year.

Mississippi’s Board of Election Commissioners has appealed a part of the recent ruling by a federal three-judge panel at the U.S. Fifth Circuit that approved a revised remedial legislative redistricting plan affecting areas in the state’s Pine Belt and North Mississippi regions. The remedial plan has resulted in special legislative elections being held this year.

A representative with Attorney General Fitch’s office told Magnolia Tribune in July that the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court would not impact the special elections but would rather challenge a “very narrow, legal issue.”

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