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January 16, 2012

Baria is pushing for legislation to change pardons

Baria is pushing for legislation to change pardons The recent pardon spree by former Governor Haley Barbour has caused an uproar and state legislators are listening. Representative David Baria has been working to change the way pardons work for years. “Nobody should forget that the victims are not being heard. They went through this ordeal.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 16, 2012

Most Minority Voters Rejected Miss. Voter ID Bill, Study Finds

Most Minority Voters Rejected Miss. Voter ID Bill, Study Finds While a majority of Mississippi voters approved a bill last November to show a government-issued photo ID before casting a ballot, more than 75 percent of the state’s minority population voted to reject the measure, according to a new study by the Lawyers’ Committee for…