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March 14, 2016

SALTER: Early voting no panacea for increasing turnout but would bring MS into modern era

Sid Salter: Early voting would take state into modern era The fact is early voting is no panacea for increasing voter turnout just as voter ID was no panacea to eliminating election fraud. The fact is absentee ballots in Mississippi still present the greatest opportunity for political mischief. Republicans and Democrats alike know this. With…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 14, 2016

PENDER: Lawmakers talk big on campaign finance reform but haven’t seemed gung-ho

Geoff Pender: ‘Private Gain’ series shows fundamental flaw State lawmakers talk about transparency and reform a lot. But they haven’t seemed so gung-ho about reforming this exquisite nonsense. Already this session, proposals to ban or restrict personal spending of campaign money died without a vote. But two measures remain alive that would require politicians to…