Mississippi House to hold redistricting session at site of Jim Crow era capitol
The Guardian gave national pickup to the May 20 venue issue, reporting that Mississippi House members were expected to meet in the Old Capitol Museum while the current House chamber was under renovation and quoting Black lawmakers and voting-rights advocates who objected to the optics. Reeves' May 13 rescission statement turns that venue dispute into background for the next redistricting fight rather than a live May 20 logistics issue.
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The Guardian gave national pickup to the May 20 venue issue, reporting that Mississippi House members were expected to meet in the Old Capitol Museum while the current House chamber was under renovation and quoting Black lawmakers and voting-rights advocates who objected to the optics. Reeves' May 13 rescission statement turns that venue dispute into background for the next redistricting fight rather than a live May 20 logistics issue. This page keeps the item on-site so readers, feed subscribers, and search engines can land on a clean Mississippi-race URL first, then jump out to the cited reporting instead of skipping straight past the desk.
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