Legal debate rages over Noxubee voting rights allegations

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/10/7

Monday was the deadline for court briefs from black leaders and the U.S. Department of Justice to be filed with U.S. District Judge Tom Lee in the historic lawsuit filed by the Justice Department alleging the majority-black Noxubee County Democratic Party, its chairman Ike Brown and the county Election Commission practiced racial discrimination against white voters and candidates.

“The Noxubee case is unusual for several reasons: It is the most extreme case of racial exclusion seen by the Voting Section in decades; the racial discrimination is directed against white citizens; and we are not aware of any case in which the Voting Section has had to move for a protective order to prevent intimidation of witnesses.”