Special elections ordered for Mississippi Supreme Court after voting rights violation ^52.9%

NPR - By The Associated Press - 12/20/2025, 2:58 PM

JACKSON, Miss. — A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in August ordered Mississippi to redraw the map, which was enacted in 1987, concluding the... more