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6 Jan, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Today's group discussion question 👇 Image
Tag @jarvisdortch, you're it.
I'll note that this is how to make it happen as a legal matter: law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/…

The discussion question is how to the #MSleg to pass the resolution. Image
For example, here is such a resolution that former rep. @jarvisdortch introduced last year to replace MS's other statue in Statuary Hall (of notorious white supremacist JZ "the Voter Suppressor" George): billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020…
Dortch's bill died last spring in the MS House's rules committee, which is chaired by Jerry Turner.

Incidentally, here are Turner's remarks last summer when he reversed his opposition to changing the state flag:
Bills to repeal Confederate Memorial Day and recognize Juneteenth Freedom Day also died in Turner's committee last spring, though I hope they will be introduced again this year to give Turner a new opportunity to look at them.

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THREAD: Two out of three judges are up for special elections this year in Mississippi's 3rd Circuit District, which is 29% black.

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THREAD: MS's election code shifts power away from median voters and bolsters hyperpartisans instead by setting early qualifying deadlines for independent candidates.

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Steven Palazzo won only 2/3 of GOP primary votes, suggesting that a substantial minority of Palazzo's GOP constituents are dissatisfied. (As are Palazzo's Democratic constituents!) 2/ Image
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THREAD: Randy Boyd & Dana Criswell urged MS's Congressional delegation to overturn the 2020 election because they allege the result lacks transparency.

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