Whatâs going on with Cantonâs Democratic Party? City leaders have varying opinions. Sign out front of Canton City Hall. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 27, 2021 at 4:37 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 5:46 PM
CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - For Marion Freeman, itâs like Jim Crow all over again.
The 74-year-old member of Cantonâs Democratic Executive Committee remembers when Black people couldnât vote ⦠when African Americans were forced to endure near-impossible litmus tests for the chance to cast a ballot.
âThey brought in a selected group of Black people to the courthouse to count jelly beans in a jar,â he said, sitting at a corner table at Merri Pennieâs Tea Room on the Square.
Secretary of State questions legitimacy of Cantonâs Democratic executive committee Canton, Mississippi (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 21, 2021 at 12:37 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 5:34 PM
CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - The whole question of who serves on Cantonâs Democratic Executive Committee is again at the forefront.
This time, that question is being raised by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson.
In an April 16 letter to committee member Natwassie Truly, Watson said the individuals who signed off on the recapitulation report from the cityâs Democratic primaries were not duly elected members of that committee.
Watson goes on to say that his office could not accept the report showing the results of the Democratic primary until a majority of commission members sign off on them.
What is going on in Canton?
What is going on in Canton?
By L. Socrates Garrett,
Garrett
Canton, Mississippi has been in the news recently regarding the April 6 primary elections for mayor, board of aldermen and members of the Democratic Municipal Election Commission. Ballots for Cantonians to cast votes for the candidates of their choice have just been made available this week. State law requires that absentee ballots be available 45 days before an election.
Not so in Canton, Mississippi because of various maneuvers by the present Board of Aldermen which consist of Rodriquez Brown, Les Penn, Fred Esco, Daphne Sims, Timothy Taylor, Eric Gilkey and Lafayette Wales. This reporter examined court documents and the court documents indicate how Canton got to where we are today.
Absentee voting on hold in Canton due to legal fight Share Updated: 8:50 PM CST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 8:50 PM CST Mar 10, 2021
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Show Transcript VOTERS CAN’T CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS BECAUSE THOSE BALLOTS HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN PRINTED YET. THAT’S ALL BECAUSE OF A LEGAL FIGHT PLAY DOWN HERE AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE OVER WHO’S QUALIFIED TO RUN FOR OFFICE CANTUS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ARE IN LIMBO VOTERS CAN’T CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS BECAUSE THE BALLOTS HAVEN’T YET BEEN PRINTED AND COME BUT MAYOR WILLIAM TRULY IS IN COURT FIGHTING A DECISION BY THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO DISQUALIFY HIM FROM RUNNING FOR ANOTHER TERM THE COMMITMENT. HE SAYS THE MAYOR DOESN’T LIVE IN CANTON. WELL, THE COMMITTEE’S ACTUALLY LINE. I DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT. I’VE BEEN CITIZENS OF KANSAS SINCE 1972, SO I DON’T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM INCUMBENT MAYOR DOESN’T LIVE IN THE CITY. YOU DOES NOT WE HONESTLY BELIEVE