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November 7, 2016

AP: People, institutions walking away from #msflag one by one

Analysis: Mississippi state flag already slowly dying This is an alternate ending to the endless low-boiling dispute over Mississippi’s state flag – people and institutions walk away from the current flag, one by one. It’s a course of action that’s available even if lawmakers do nothing, leaving the 1894 flag with its Confederate battle emblem…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 7, 2016

PENDER: Absentee voting picks up to near 2012 numbers

GEOFF PENDER – Bring ID, no selfies; vote, and put end to goat rodeo Hosemann early last week said absentee voting — often a predictor of turnout — was low, at less than 72,000 ballots requested compared to 106,000 absentee votes cast in 2012. But as of Friday, this had picked up, with nearly 96,000…