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Mississippi Votes Kicks Off National Voter Registration Week with Statewide Events


September 16, 2024

** Mississippi Votes Joins National Democracy Coalition to Register Voters Ahead of Election 2024** JACKSON, Miss. – September 16, 2024 – Beginning September 16, 2024, Mississippi Votes will join thousands of organizations nationwide in celebrating National Voter Registration…

Mississippi Votes Uses Art to Highlight Pressing Issues in Politics


August 05, 2024

JACKSON,Miss., August 5, 2024 – Mississippi Votes, through its Arts and Activism Fellowship Program, proudly announces the release of “The Future: Up To Us,” a powerful and evocative musical project that unites six talented Mississippians: Truest Love, AUTM VALOR, Ariel J., Jack…

Mississippi Votes Reacts to Federal Court Upholding Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement Law


July 19, 2024

The Fifth Circuit has fallen short of their duty to Mississippians. Unfortunately, they’ve got this decision all wrong. We know that reasonable minds, including legal scholars, disagree with the courts assessment of this issue because in August 2023 a panel of judges struck down…

CLC and Legal Defense Fund Launch New Toolkit to Help Expand In-Person Voting Access in Mississippi


October 10, 2022

For Immediate Release Contact: Mannal Haddad - mhaddad@campaignlegalcenter.​org Legal Defense Fund - media@naacpldf.org September 8, 2022 CLC and Legal Defense Fund Launch New Toolkit to Help Expand In-Person Voting Access in Mississippi WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Campaign Legal…

U.S. Cities Where People Pay the Most in Taxes


September 12, 2022

Where a person or business chooses to put down roots can have a significant impact on their costs, and in recent years, more people are moving to locations that will keep costs low. Expensive states that have been major economic powers and population centers in the past, like…

What's At Stake In The 2022 Legislative Session


December 20, 2021

All eyes must be on Mississippi’s upcoming legislative session to ensure our Constitutional rights remain protected. Voting accessibility, Mississippi’s ballot initiative process, reproductive rights and our civil liberties are all at stake in the 2022 legislative session…