A federal lawsuit alleging Mississippi law made it more difficult for naturalized citizens to vote than in any state in the country has been dismissed by a federal judge.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today June 1, 2022 But the 2019 lawsuit was not dropped until the state law challenged as discriminatory was repealed. After a bill passed during the 2022 legislative session repealing the law that placed an extra burden on naturalized citizens, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves of the Southern District of Mississippi on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit.
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