Disqualified candidates question legitimacy of Cantonâs Democratic executive committee Canton Mayor William Truly, Jr. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | February 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM CST - Updated February 28 at 7:41 PM
CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - Absentee voting in municipal elections across the Magnolia State is expected to begin Monday.
However, that wonât happen in the City of Canton because the Democratic primary ballot has yet to be finalized.
Five candidates have been disqualified by the Canton Municipal Democratic Executive Committee to run in the cityâs 2021 Democratic primary and three of those candidates are challenging that decision in Madison County Circuit Court.
McQuirter seeking rehearing in residency case Gavel on sounding block (Source: Gray News) By Anthony Warren | January 1, 2021 at 10:39 PM CST - Updated January 1 at 10:49 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Former Hinds County Supervisor Darrel McQuirter is seeking a rehearing in his case seeking to overturn last year’s Democratic primary results on grounds of residency requirements.
On December 31, McQuirter filed a motion with the Mississippi Supreme Court seeking a rehearing in the case, weeks after the high court ruled against him in his challenge of the residency of current District Two Supervisor David Archie.
McQuirter, though, says the high court erred, in part, because it did not take into account that the lower court judge copied his opinion almost verbatim based on an email from Archie’s attorney.