Below is a sampling of press coverage of the March 5, 2012 Forum with Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann.
AP: Mississippi voters won’t have to show a driver’s license or other photo identification to cast ballots in the March 13 presidential and congressional primaries, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Monday… Hosemann spoke Monday at a forum sponsored by the Capitol press corps and Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government. He said he hopes Mississippi’s voter ID plan will receive federal approval by mid-September so it can be in place for the presidential election in November. Read article…
MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL (Magnolia Marketplace blog): Speaking at Monday’s meeting of the Stennis Capitol Press Corps, Hosemann said he was “hopeful” both would clear committee deadline by the end of tomorrow. “We’ll be at the capitol (Monday and Tuesday) to do our best to make sure they both make it out,” Hosemann said. Among the proposals that have already cleared committee are bills that would: Read more…
MPB: (article and audio) Mississippi’s Secretary of State, Delbert Hosemann, says the state still hasn’t filed for federal approval for the Voter ID constitutional amendment approved by voters last November. The U.S. Justice Department has to approve all changes to voting in Mississippi due to the state’s history of voter discrimination. But Hosemann says Voter ID is coming soon, whether naysayers like it or not. More...
NE MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL: Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann indicated Monday that his office will make every effort to ensure people with no identification are contacted before Mississippi’s new voter ID law is enacted. “We want to make sure everybody has an ID to vote,” said Hosemann, speaking at the Mississippi State University Stennis Institute/Capitol Press Corps luncheon. Read article…
WLBT-TV: (article and video) How Mississippians voted last November during state elections may be a little different this coming November for the presidential election. That’s when Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann hopes to have Mississippi’s voter identification law in place, requiring voters to show an ID to cast a ballot. More…
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