Court-ordered redistricting will require do-over legislative elections this year
Five Mississippi House seats will be re-decided in a November special election, pending court approval, under a resolution the House approved to comply with a federal court order.
Even though voters just elected members of the Legislature in 2023, the races will be held again because a three-judge federal panel determined last year that the Legislature did not create enough Black-majority districts when it redrew its districts.
The panel ordered the state to redraw the districts and create a new majority-Black district in north Mississippi’s Chickasaw County.
House Elections Chairman Noah Sanford, R-Collins, told House members he believes the new map complies with the federal Voting Rights Act and will allow Black voters in Chickasaw County to elect a candidate of their choice.
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