Mississippi Tried to Take Away a Black County’s Right to Elect to Their Own Judges. Residents Showed Out at the Polls In the Next Major Election
During last week’s general election, there was a significant ballot shortage in a predominantly Black county in Mississippi, and local officials scrambled to figure out why. Hinds County has an estimated 73.5 percent Black population, according to data from the US Census Bureau. The county is part of Jackson’s metropolitan area. Local news reported a few mishaps…
