Voting
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MS Supreme Court Elections Await Federal Voting Rights Act R…
[ad_1] Mississippi’s Black voters recently won a victory that puts them on the brink of having greater sway over who sits on the state’s Supreme Court. But that win may be short-lived. In the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a case that could weaken or overturn key parts of the Voting…
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Kansas mayor Joe Ceballos hit with criminal charges for alle…
[ad_1] Kansas leaders brought criminal charges Wednesday against Joe Ceballos, the mayor of a small city in rural Kansas, alleging he voted in several elections but is not a US citizen. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, both elected Republicans, announced they filed six charges in Comanche County against Ceballos, a…
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Why Sheriffs’ Elections Matter | The Marshall Project
[ad_1] Four years ago, I drove to a small town in rural Missouri to meet the parents of Billy Ames, who were suing the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department over his death. An autopsy said the cause of death was a meth overdose, and jailers admitted they had strapped Ames to a restraint chair. While…
