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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:20 AM Oct 2019

SPLC says it registered 1,379 new voters in Mississippi in time for November elections

The Southern Poverty Law Center said it's registered 1,379 new voters in Mississippi in time for the Nov. 5 statewide elections.

All statewide elected positions — including the Legislature, governor and lieutenant governor — are up for grabs.

The deadline to register for this year's general election was Monday.

Caren Short, a senior staff attorney with the SPLC, said the organization reached its goal of registering more than 1,000 voters.

Read more: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/09/mississippi-election-splc-registers-voters-november-races/3854787002/

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SPLC says it registered 1,379 new voters in Mississippi in time for November elections (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
???? Some how 1,379 is suppose to be an impressive number? beachbumbob Oct 2019 #1
 

beachbumbob

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1. ???? Some how 1,379 is suppose to be an impressive number?
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:43 AM
Oct 2019

I would have never put this out as a news release unless it was at least 10x higher, MY wife I alone registered nearly 1000 before 2008 primary here in Illinois

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