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September 24, 2013

Students didn’t receive absentee ballots in time to vote

Students didn’t receive absentee ballots in time to vote Elise Cole has a list of about 20 students from Hattiesburg who are away at college, and had wanted to vote absentee in the upcoming special mayoral election that will pit incumbent Mayor Johnny DuPree against Dave Ware and Shawn O’Hara. Only a handful will get…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 24, 2013

Round 2 in Ware vs. DuPree: Who will be Hattiesburg’s mayor?

Round 2 in Ware vs. DuPree: Who will be Hattiesburg’s mayor? Retired Hattiesburg firefighter Bobby Sanford cast an absentee ballot Wednesday at City Hall for this coming Tuesday’s special mayoral election. You might call it a leap of faith, considering the legal battle waged over those absentee votes just two short months ago. Sanford, a…