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What's going on with Canton's Democratic Party? City leaders have varying opinions.


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 people to the courthouse to count jelly beans in a jar,” he said, sitting at a corner table at Merri Pennie’s Tea Room on the Square. ....

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What is going on in Canton? - The Mississippi Link


What is going on in Canton?
What is going on in Canton?
By L. Socrates Garrett,
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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, Fred Esco, Daphne Sims, Timothy Taylor, Eric Gilkey and Lafayette Wales. This reporter examined court documents and the court documents indicate how Canton got to where we are today. ....

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Madison Co. officials wary about taking over Canton elections


Madison Co. officials wary about taking over Canton elections
Canton Mayor William Truly, Jr. (Source: WLBT)
By Anthony Warren | March 1, 2021 at 11:56 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 12:08 PM
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Madison County officials are seeking an attorney general’s opinion before taking over Canton’s 2021 municipal elections.
The city petitioned the county to take over the elections in February, in part, citing the federal fraud charges were brought against city officials following the 2017 races.
On Monday, the board directed board attorney Mike Espy to seek an opinion from the state attorney general to determine if the county could hire a private firm to run the elections, with some board members saying they want to wash their hands of it. ....

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