Judge sets Sept. 15 trial date for Mississippi election challenge of Chris McDaniel
August 22, 2014adminNewsComments Off on Judge sets Sept. 15 trial date for Mississippi election challenge of Chris McDaniel
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A trial is set to begin Sept. 15 for a lawsuit that seeks to undo a Republican runoff victory by Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran.
Retired Chancellor Hollis McGehee, who’s presiding over the case, filed a scheduling order Thursday in Jones County Circuit Court in Laurel. He specifies that the trial must be finished by Oct. 3. It will take place at the Jones County Courthouse.
State Sen. Chris McDaniel filed the lawsuit last week, asking a judge to either declare him the winner of the June 24 runoff or order a new election. McDaniel claims there were thousands of voting irregularities, but Cochran’s attorneys say the six-term incumbent won fairly.
Certified results show Cochran defeated the tea party-backed McDaniel by 7,667 votes.
October 8, 2014adminNewsComments Off on Attorney General Jim Hood asks just to throw out school funding lawsuit
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Attorney General Jim Hood is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 21 school districts that argues Mississippi owes them $230 million in education aid and demands an end to future […]
JACKSON – (AP) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the estate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. seeking documents and other material connected to the civil rights leader from a Mississippi […]
July 10, 2014adminNewsComments Off on True The Vote, residents refile lawsuit seeking Mississippi runoff records in Jackson
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeking voter records has been refiled in Mississippi’s southern district federal court. Texas group True the Vote and 22 Mississippi residents refiled their lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District […]