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House approves technical corrections to judicial precinct maps; bill passed 112-0
Summary
The Mississippi House passed a bill to correct circuit and chancery court precinct placements — restoring certain precincts to their original subdistricts and addressing overlaps caused by a CCID — after members sought clarification about the number of judges on affected ballots and qualifying deadlines; the measure passed 112-0 and was immediately released to the Senate.
The Mississippi House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass a technical redistricting bill affecting circuit and chancery court precincts, restoring precincts that were shifted by recent census-block updates and addressing precinct overlaps tied to a local CCID in Hinds County.
A representative explaining the measure said the bill "corrects that, puts those precincts back in the original subdistrict," describing the changes as "technical" fixes to maps altered after census updates. He told the chamber the bill returns certain precincts to their prior subdistrict alignments and resolves issues where creation of a CCID had removed precincts from existing judges' districts.
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