I see a lot of people blaming the state of democracy in Mississippi on Republicans. I get it; GOP lawmakers nationwide have been seriously rolling back voting rights.
But Mississippi's democracy has always been limited ever since the reign of segregationist Dixiecrats.
But Mississippi's democracy has always been limited ever since the reign of segregationist Dixiecrats.
https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1394040262972825601
Mississippi didn't create any laws rolling back voting rights this year. We already have the most limited voting access in the country (no early voting, no mail voting, minimal absentee options, no online registration).
Lawmakers in Georgia engaged in Jim Crow tactics with their rollback on voting rights—there's no doubt. But you couldn't have done those same rollbacks on voting rights in MS—because we don't have them to begin with.
Even now, GA's current voting laws would be a huge step in MS.
Even now, GA's current voting laws would be a huge step in MS.
Many Mississippi reps have attempted to expand voting access in Mississippi.
Republicans @JansenOwen & @KentMcCarty joined Democrat @yatesforhouse to try to make in-person early voting an option in 2020.
Their bill couldn't even get a committee hearing.
Republicans @JansenOwen & @KentMcCarty joined Democrat @yatesforhouse to try to make in-person early voting an option in 2020.
Their bill couldn't even get a committee hearing.
https://twitter.com/KentMcCarty/status/1386869775113011201?s=20
Since Mississippi lost a congressional district, a number of Rs and Ds in #MSLeg (including then-Sen. @MichaelWatsonMS) intro'd bills to update the initiative law to avoid a MS Supreme Court ruling like the one Friday.
Those bills never got hearings.
Those bills never got hearings.
https://twitter.com/jallen1985/status/1393709279866150915
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