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.
Mississippi Supreme Court upholds ruling in Archie residency challenge
Darrel McQuirter lost to David Archie in August 2019 primary election Share Updated: 2:36 PM CST Dec 17, 2020
Darrel McQuirter lost to David Archie in August 2019 primary election Share Updated: 2:36 PM CST Dec 17, 2020 The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a ruling in a residency challenge against Hinds County Supervisor David Archie. Archie unseated former Supervisor Darrel McQuirter in the August 2019 primary election. McQuirter filed an official election challenge with the Hinds County Democratic Committee, which ruled in Archie s favor.McQuirter took his argument to court. A Hinds County Circuit Court judge ruled that Archie’s home on Shady Lane Oaks Street is in the district and is the address listed on his voter registration, which makes him qualified to represent District 2 on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.The state s high court affirmed the ruling in a decision i