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June 27, 2007

Hood Asks Federal Judge To Delay Party Registration Until ’09

WLOX, 6/26/7 A large number of Mississippians will be disenfranchised if a federal judge stands by his order requiring re-registration of all voters by the March 2008 party primaries, Attorney General Jim Hood says. In court papers filed Friday, Hood asks U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper to delay a party-registration system until the 2009…
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June 27, 2007

Jackson: Mayor Melton must get his act together

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/27/7 To effectively serve as mayor, Frank Melton is going to have to resist being rude and outrageous and stay on point about issues that matter: specifically, crime and taxes. Mayor Melton has always had difficulty keeping his mouth zipped – to his own detriment. The growing acrimony with some City Council…