FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates today challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi joined the Legal Defense Fund and other partner civil rights organizations in sending a letter to Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson regarding polling site changes...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GREENVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi civic leaders today challenged state Supreme Court district lines that have gone unchanged for more than 35 years because those lines dilute the voting strength of Black residents in state Supreme Court elections, in violation of the VRA...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. - On Sunday afternoon, the Mississippi Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee met for the first time in months and released new state House and Senate district maps. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi issued the following statement:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. - The ultimate voter suppression bill is impending in the Mississippi House of Representatives. House Bill 1510 has passed the House Elections Committee and is headed to the full House for vote.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - Today, several civil rights organizations submitted a complaint to the Mississippi Ethics Commission, stating the Mississippi Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) by deliberating, making decisions and conducting...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Mississippi, League of Women Voters of Mississippi, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Southern Echo, Inc., One Voice, Mississippi Center for Justice, Mississippi Votes...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JACKSON, Miss - Mississippi's redistricting process is underway with statewide hearings being held this month. The ACLU of Mississippi released a report today outlining the ways in which legislators have racially and politically gerrymandered Mississippi's legislative distri