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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
December 16, 2021

65,000 Mississippians can’t be wrong

It’s time to stop segregating voters by way of racially gerrymandered voting districts. On Wednesday, the Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee recommended its proposed plan to reapportion Mississippi’s four Congressional Districts. This redistricting is required every 10 years following the U.S. Census. According to the 2020 Census, nearly 65,000 citizens have moved out of Mississippi’s 2nd…
Opinion  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
December 15, 2021

Mississippi Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee proposes new Congressional maps

The measure passed the Committee and is expected to be in front of lawmakers during the first week of the 2022 session. Today, the Mississippi Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee met to discuss Congressional redistricting and adopt its proposed maps. The Committee held a meeting in November at the Capitol to discuss its recommendations to the…