Thread by @AUdebm

🗣Fair Vote for Mississippi!
Hester Jackson-McCray won the #HD40 election. Her Republican opponent Ashley Henley has now asked the GOP-controlled Mississippi House to overturn the election results.

mississippitoday.org/2019/12/06/des…

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#StandWithHester #DemCastMS

Representative-Elect Jackson-McCray recently responded to Henley's petition:
“I won the election fair and square. The citizens voted, the county certified the election and the Secretary of State accepted it and forwarded it.“

#Mississippi #DemCastMS #DemCast

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“I think if people read this notice she’s putting out, it looks like she’s arguing that her own party didn’t manage the election right. The election was run by Republicans. The DeSoto County election commissioners and the SOS are Republicans.”

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mississippitoday.org/2019/12/05/sou…

It is an outrage that in 2019 we are faced with the very real possibility that the MIssissippi State House of Representatives could oust the certified winner.
▶️Hester Jackson-McCray.

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“DeSoto County District 1 Election Commissioner Paul Beale said that the election Commission will not be investigating Henley's claims, but instead it will be handled by the Mississippi House of Representatives.”

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wmcactionnews5.com/2019/12/07/des…

We should all be deeply concerned. The MS House overturned the 2015 election in House District 79. On Jan. 20, 2016 the MS House ousted Incumbent Representative Bo Eaton (D) HD79. Even after Eaton won the election fairly by pulling the long straw in the tie-breaker.

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A lawsuit was filed by the 5 voters whose ballots were tossed out. In 2018, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit saying “federal courts may not hear an election contest involving the office of a member of a state legislature.”
seattletimes.com/nation-world/c…

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The MS House of Reps. will hold hearings in January to determine if the results should remain.
The citizens of MS HD40 elected Hester Jackson-McCray. We can no longer stand idly by & permit the suppression of Mississippi’s voters.

#Mississippi #DemCastMS #DemCast

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🗣It is up to us to demand that the MS House of Representative Rules be admended to allow ALL Mississippians a Fair Vote!

Jim Crow laws should no longer shape #Mississippi elections.

🛑 #VoterSuppression

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