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It’s not over yet: Lawsuits filed to challenge Canton’s Democratic primary results (Source: Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) By Anthony Warren | May 5, 2021 at 1:23 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 1:31 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - Canton’s Democratic primary is again at the center of several lawsuits. This time, three candidates have filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court seeking to overturn the results of the April 6 primary. The candidates, Aldermen Fred Esco, Rodriquez Brown, and Tim Taylor, each lost their bids for re-election and have brought suits to c...

What’s going on with Canton’s Democratic Party? City leaders have varying opinions. Sign out front of Canton City Hall. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 27, 2021 at 4:37 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 5:46 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - For Marion Freeman, it’s like Jim Crow all over again. The 74-year-old member of Canton’s Democratic Executive Committee remembers when Black people couldn’t vote … when African Americans were forced to endure near-impossible litmus tests for the chance to cast a ballot. “They brought in a selected group of Black peop...

What is going on in Canton? What is going on in Canton? By L. Socrates Garrett, Garrett Canton, Mississippi has been in the news recently regarding the April 6 primary elections for mayor, board of aldermen and members of the Democratic Municipal Election Commission. Ballots for Cantonians to cast votes for the candidates of their choice have just been made available this week. State law requires that absentee ballots be available 45 days before an election. Not so in Canton, Mississippi because of various maneuvers by the present Board of Aldermen which consist of Rodriquez Brown, Les Penn, ...

Disqualified candidates question legitimacy of Canton’s Democratic executive committee Canton Mayor William Truly, Jr. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | February 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM CST - Updated February 28 at 7:41 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - Absentee voting in municipal elections across the Magnolia State is expected to begin Monday. However, that won’t happen in the City of Canton because the Democratic primary ballot has yet to be finalized. Five candidates have been disqualified by the Canton Municipal Democratic Executive Committee to run in the city’s 2021 Democrat...