Speaker @PhilipGunnMS appointed Rep. Jim Beckett—the sponsor of the bill that stuck MSians with a billion-dollar bill for the Kemper coal boondoggle—to chair the elections committee.
What's more, Rep. Beckett now also chairs Mississippi's joint redistricting committee.
What's more, Rep. Beckett now also chairs Mississippi's joint redistricting committee.
https://twitter.com/jallen1985/status/1447184144363032579
When Beckett passed a bill to mandate big, dragnet voter purges through the elections committee this year, he told @RepZSummers—a member of the committee—that he would not consider any amendments.
The bill passed the House and died in the Senate.
The bill passed the House and died in the Senate.
Last year, when Rep. Omeria Scott tried to introduce an amendment to open all polling locations for voters in last year's elections, to reduce the length of voting lines in November, Beckett made barely-lucid remarks opposing the amendment.
https://twitter.com/jallen1985/status/1275560033053544450
Follow this link to see Beckett present HB 1134 (2013) and swat away amendments based on his belief that it was such a good idea to saddle MSians with a billion-dollar bill to help Mississippi Power build the #KemperCoalPlant, which imploded yesterday:
law-db.mc.edu/legislature/bi…
law-db.mc.edu/legislature/bi…
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