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Mississippi Could Drop Jim Crow-era Statewide Voting Process

Associated Press

   JACKSON, MISS. - Mississippi just ditched its Confederate-themed state
   flag. Later this year, the state's voters will decide whether to dump a
   statewide election process that dates to the Jim Crow era.

   Facing pressure from a lawsuit and the possibility of action from a
   federal judge, legislators are putting a state constitutional amendment
   on the ballot in November.

   The amendment would simplify elections for governor and other statewide
   officials by erasing an Electoral College-type provision from
   Mississippi's 1890 constitution -- one that was written to dilute Black
   voting power and maintain white control of state politics.

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