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As of July 2023, 41 states allow voters to register online, including our neighbors in Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Currently, first-time Mississippi voters are required to complete a paper...
An individual who has been convicted of a disqualifying crime shall have his or her right to vote revoked. However, they shall have the right to vote restored five years after release from confinement for...
HB 1087 seeks to establish regulations regarding the retrieval and delivery of absentee ballots in Mississippi. However, it addresses a perceived issue that is not prevalent in the state of Mississippi. By...
SB 2753 will prohibit individuals from using restrooms that do not align with their biological sex, thereby affecting transgender people. The legislation mandates that public buildings must provide either...
SB 2022 allows Judges to determine if juveniles can be sentenced to life or a term of years for murder.
This bill would decriminilize marijuana by ammending the Mississippi Code to provide that simple posession of 30 grams or less of marijuana is a civil infraction.
This bill would enable incarcerated individuals to sue the corrections facility if they “encounter” a transgender person in bathrooms, changing rooms, or sleeping areas.
This bill is overtly...