Community reacts to Hattiesburg municipal precinct changes
Community reacts to Hattiesburg municipal precinct changes By Melissa Rademaker | February 22, 2021 at 6:44 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 10:47 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg City Council voted last week to change the location for three voting precincts for the upcoming municipal elections. This change affects Wards 1, Ward 2 and Ward 4.
Longtime Mobile-Bouie neighborhood resident Melvin Williams welcomes the change.
“Number one, we’re proud that it’s a precinct because it’s the future home of the Civil Rights Museum,” Williams said of the change to the Eureka School Precinct. “So what better place to become a precinct than a Civil Rights Museum. And then second of all, it’s the convenience. You know most of the people that vote at this precinct live in this community.”