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ACRU Wins Second Historic Election Integrity Consent Decree (Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi)
Another Mississippi county agrees to take dead people, felons and double-registered individuals off its voter rolls. HATTIESBURG, MS (Oct. 21, 2013) —- Officials in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi have signed a consent decree agreeing to [...]
ACRU Court Victory Means Dead People, Felons Will Finally be Taken Off Voter Rolls in Mississippi County
The landed a major victory this week when a U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of Mississippi signed a consent decree to clean up Walthall County's voter registration rolls. Census data for the county [...]
ACRU Wins Historic Consent Decree for Mississippi County to Clean Up Voter Rolls
HATTIESBURG, MS -- Officials in Walthall County, Mississippi, were sued in April by the (ACRU) under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (commonly called "Motor Voter") for having more registered voters than voting-age-eligible residents. On Wednesday, the parties settled the case. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi entered a final Walthall_County_Consent_Decree.pdf that requires the defendants to clean up the county's voter rolls.
ACRU Sues Two Mississippi Counties over Voter Rolls
WASHINGTON D.C. (April 26, 2013) -- On behalf of the , three former U.S. Justice Department attorneys filed lawsuits today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi seeking an injunction to compel election officials in Jefferson Davis County and Walthall County to clean up their voter rolls. Like hundreds around the nation, these two counties have more active registered voters than there are voting age-eligible residents, according to data from the U.S. Census and state voter registration offices.