Mississippi state Rep. Ashley Henley (R) is asking the GOP-led Mississippi House to overturn the results of the election she narrowly lost to Hester Jackson-McCray (D), Mississippi Today reports.
Jackson-McCray won the November 5 general election by 14 votes.
Henley claims that several findings of her ballot box examination show a failure “to adhere to proper election procedures to insure a fair and legitimate election” under state law.
A new Millsaps College/Chism Strategies poll in Mississippi finds 50% of likely Democratic primary voters favor Joe Biden while 21% are undecided.
Another 29% are divided between the other 23 Democratic presidential hopefuls: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders receive 7% each, Kamala Harris receives 5%, and Pete Buttigieg is at 2%. All other candidates receive less than 2% support in the survey.
The Mississippi House Elections Committee “unanimously passed measures to allow early voting, online voter registration and to create a study committee to come up with clearer rules for restoration of voting rights for convicts,” the Hattiesburg American reports.
“In the past, all three issues were heatedly partisan, with most Republicans opposed to such reform. On Monday, all three bills passed were authored by Republicans and passed by a Republican-led committee.”
But the Clarion Ledger reports that Senate Republicans are likely to kill the bill.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) “signed into law a bill that will allow members of some churches in the state to undergo training to carry guns inside houses of worship for protection, in response to last year’s massacre at a South Carolina church,” Politico reports.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed a law allowing employers to refuse service to gay couples, the AP reports.
The bill also would allow people to not recognize the gender identity of transgender people.
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