Mississippi Lawmakers Discuss Early Voting

House Select Committee holds first hearing on voting rights

House Select Committee holds first hearing on voting rights JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – If citizens want early voting or even a new law, legislators are now charting a course for the upcoming session. Lawmakers are beginning the proceedings to plan our rights at the ballot box. The House Select Committee on Voters Rights held its first hearing on Thursday with input from the the nonprofit organization Secure Democracy Foundation. Jason White, Speake…

Mississippi lawmakers discuss early voting

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Mississippi House lawmakers are considering giving voters the option to vote early in order to boost turnout at the polls. “I think just expanding the time span where people can vote. One day may not work for some people," said Sonya Williams Barnes, state policy director for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Samantha Buckley, director of policy at the Secure Democracy Foundation, told the House Select Committee on …

Panel of Mississippi lawmakers tackles ballot initiative, felony suffrage, early voting