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.”
Three Hattiesburg municipal voting precincts moved
Three Hattiesburg municipal voting precincts moved By WDAM Staff | February 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 6:28 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg City Council voted Tuesday night to move three municipal voting precinct locations to better align with precincts used in county, state and federal elections.
The Highland Precinct located in Ward 1 will be moved to the Longleaf Trace Precinct located at 2895 West 4th Street, which aligns with where voters in the precinct cast ballots in county, state and federal elections.
The East 6th Street USO Precinct in Ward 2 will be moved to the Eureka School Precinct located at 412 East 6th Street.