City leaders submit resolution denying voter identification
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
City leaders passed a resolution this week denying the voter identification law.
There was no opposition with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during its open meeting Monday afternoon when the push to reject voter identification was approved.
Mayor McArthur Straughter sparked the discussion among board members. He said the elderly should be taken into account with the law.
“If it’s like other states when one has to have a birth certificate to get an identification, a lot of the elderly won’t be able to do that,” Straughter said.
Initiative No. 27, the voter identification law, was passed by Mississippi voters last November. The initiative requires citizens to present government issued photo identification before casting a vote at the polls or at the circuit clerk’s office by absentee ballot. -------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------
Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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