Secretary of State Michael Watson (R-Miss.) reminded Mississippians of upcoming election dates and deadlines. Qualifying Deadline The qualifying deadline for party primary and independent candidates for municipal offices is Friday,

The Republican candidate wants to bring back state’s old flag with Confederate battle emblem, says Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ‘no good.’

Heading into Election Day, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump were locked in a tight race for the White House, and control of both the U.S. Senate and House was hanging in the balance.

Democratic Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson ... when a mob of insurrectionists attacked the Capitol in an attempt to overturn a fair and free election by force and violence" Biden announced in a White House release. "In light of the significance ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - As qualifying deadlines for municipal elections later this year are quickly approaching, so is the deadline for the special election to fill Gulfport’s Ward 5 councilperson seat. Candidates who want to run in the special election have until Wednesday, January 29 to file.

Election-related debates are slated to happen before Feb. 4 in the Mississippi Senate. Senate Elections Committee Chair Jeremy England, R-Vancleave, told the Clarion Ledger on Thursday he has filed several bills dealing with early voting, campaign finance ...

A Democratic Mississippi state senator introduced legislation this week that would make it unlawful for men to masturbate “without the intent to fertilize an embryo,” with the lawmaker

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of a wide range of felonies, a policy adopted in 1890 during the Jim Crow era that stands as one of the toughest such restrictions in the nation.

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to

The Downtown Natchez Alliance is hosting a new kind of fundraiser that everyone’s barking, purring or squawking about. It’s the City of Natchez’s first-ever pet mayor election that supports efforts of the non-profit Downtown Natchez Alliance,

With qualifying for municipal election more than halfway to the deadline, no individuals have challenged multiple Tupelo incumbents.