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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2019 By: Senator(s) Tollison To: Rules JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202 1 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND CHAPTER 2234, LAWS OF 2012, TO 2 REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF MISSISSIPPI STATE SENATE DISTRICTS 13 3 AND 22; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 4 WHEREAS, the United States District Court for the Southern 5 District of Mississippi ruled that Mississippi State Senate 6 District 22 as currently configured diluted the voting strength of 7 African-Americans and entered a final judgment to this effect; and 8 WHEREAS, in the case of Joseph Thomas, et al. v. Phil Bryant, 9 et al., No. 19-60133 (5th Cir. Mar. 15, 2019), a panel of the 10 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on the 11 defendant's motion for a stay and the motion for a stay was 12 granted in part and denied in part; and 13 WHEREAS, a majority of the panel concluded that the 14 Legislature should be afforded an opportunity to fix the vote 15 dilution found by the district court; and 16 WHEREAS, a stay was entered for that purpose until April 3, 17 2019, and the candidate deadline for any districts whose lines are 18 redrawn was extended to April 12, 2019: J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ N1/2 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 1 (tb\rc) 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE 20 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, that Chapter 2234, Laws of 2012, is amended 21 as follows: 22 "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF 23 MISSISSIPPI, That the number of Senators shall be fifty-two (52) 24 and shall be elected from fifty-two (52) districts, composed as 25 follows: 26 DISTRICT 1 27 DeSoto County: *Aldens, Alphaba Cockrum, Bridgetown, DeSoto 28 Central, Endora, Hernando Central, Hernando East, Hernando West, 29 *Horn Lake South, Lake Cormorant, Lewisburg East, Lewisburg West, 30 Love, Nesbit East, Nesbit West, Oak Grove and Walls Precincts. 31 DISTRICT 2 32 DeSoto County: *Aldens, Cherry Valley, Elmore, Greenbrook 33 North, Greenbrook South, Horn Lake Central, Horn Lake East, Horn 34 Lake Intermediate School, Horn Lake North, *Horn Lake South, Horn 35 Lake West, Plum Point, Southhaven North, Southhaven South and 36 Southhaven West Precincts. 37 DISTRICT 3 38 Benton County: All. 39 Pontotoc County: Bankhead, Bethel, Buchanan, Cherry Creek, 40 Ecru, Friendship, Hoyle, Hurricane, Longview, Oak Hill, Pontotoc 41 1, Pontotoc 2, Pontotoc 3, Pontotoc 4, Pontotoc 5, Sherman, 42 Turnpike, Woodland and Zion Precincts. 43 Union County: All. J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 2 (tb\rc) 44 DISTRICT 4 45 Alcorn County: All. 46 Tippah County: All. 47 DISTRICT 5 48 Itawamba County: Armory, Bounds, Clay, Copeland, Friendship, 49 Fulton District 1 Courthouse, Fulton District 4 American Legion, 50 Fulton District 5 Firestation, Mantachie, Mt. Gilead, Ozark, 51 Pineville, Pleasanton, Ryan and Tilden Precincts. 52 Prentiss County: All. 53 Tishomingo County: All. 54 DISTRICT 6 55 Itawamba County: Centerville, Fawn Grove, Kirkville and 56 Ratliff Precincts. 57 Lee County: Auburn, Baldwin, Beech Springs, Belden, 58 Birmingham Ridge, Bissell, Blair, Corrona, Davis Box, East 59 Heights, Eggville, Euclautubba, Fellowship, Flowerdale, 60 Friendship, Gilvo 1, Gilvo 5, Guntown, Hebron, Mooreville 1, 61 Mooreville 5, Oak Hill, *Palmetto A & B, Pratts, Richmond, 62 Saltillo, Tupelo 1, *Tupelo 2, *Tupelo 3, *Tupelo 4 North, Tupelo 63 5 and Unity Precincts. 64 DISTRICT 7 65 Itawamba County: Bigbee Fork, Cardsville, Carolina, Dorsey, 66 Evergreen, Greenwood, Hampton, James Creek, New Salem, Oakland, 67 Tremont, Turon and Wigginton Precincts. J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 3 (tb\rc) 68 Lee County: Brewer, Kedron, Nettleton, *Palmetto A & B, 69 Petersburg, Plantersville, *Tupelo 2, *Tupelo 3, *Tupelo 4 North, 70 Tupelo 4 South and Verona Precincts. 71 Monroe County: Aberdeen 3, Amory 1, Amory 2, Amory 5, 72 Becker, Bigbee 1, Boyds, Central Grove, Darracott, Gibson, Hatley, 73 Nettleton, North Aberdeen 4, Parham, Prairie, Smithville, South 74 Aberdeen 4, Williams, Willis and Wren Precincts. 75 DISTRICT 8 76 Calhoun County: All. 77 Chickasaw County: All. 78 Lee County: Old Union, *Palmetto A & B, Pleasant Grove and 79 Shannon Precincts. 80 Pontotoc County: Algoma, Beckham, Judah, North Randolph, 81 Robbs, South Randolph, Springville, Thaxton, Toccopola and Troy 82 Precincts. 83 Yalobusha County: Coffeeville 4, One North, One South, Three 84 North West and Two Water Valley Precincts. 85 DISTRICT 9 86 Lafayette County: All. 87 Panola County: Batesville 3, Cold Springs, Coles Point, East 88 Batesville 4, East Batesville 5, East Sardis, North Batesville A, 89 North Springport and Pleasant Mount Precincts. 90 DISTRICT 10 91 Marshall County: Bethlehem, Chulahoma, Cornersville, Early 92 Grove, Hudsonville, Laws Hill, Marianna, Mt. Pleasant, North Holly J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 4 (tb\rc) 93 Springs District 1, North Holly Springs District 2, Potts Camp, 94 Redbanks, Slayden, South Holly Springs, Wall Hill, Warsaw, 95 Waterford, Watson and West Holly Springs Precincts. 96 Tate County: All. 97 DISTRICT 11 98 Coahoma County: Clarksdale 1-4, Clarksdale 2-4, Clarksdale 99 3-3, Clarksdale 3-4, Clarksdale 4-2, Clarksdale 4-3, Clarksdale 100 5-4, Jonestown and Lyons Precincts. 101 Panola County: Como, Courtland, Crenshaw, Curtis, Enon, 102 Longtown, Macedonia-Concord, North Batesville B, Pleasant Grove, 103 South Sardis, Tocowa and West Sardis Precincts. 104 Quitman County: All. 105 Tunica County: All. 106 DISTRICT 12 107 Bolivar County: Benoit, Beulah, Duncan/Alligator, East 108 Rosedale, Gunnison, Pace, Scott, Stringtown and West Rosedale 109 Precincts. 110 Coahoma County: Bobo, Cagle Crossing, Coahoma, Dublin, 111 Farrell, Friar's Point, Lula, Rena Lara, Roundaway and Sherard 112 Precincts. 113 Washington County: American Legion, Brent Center, Buster 114 Brown Community Center, Christ Wesleyan Methodist Church, Elks 115 Club, Extension Building, Grace Methodist Church, Greenville 116 Industrial College, Leland Rotary Club, Metcalfe City Hall, Potter J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 5 (tb\rc) 117 House Church, St. James Episcopal Church, Swiftwater Baptist 118 Church, Tampa Drive and Wards Recreation Center Precincts. 119 DISTRICT 13 120 Bolivar County: Boyle, Choctaw, Cleveland Courthouse, 121 Cleveland Eastgate, East Central Cleveland, East Cleveland, 122 Longshot, Merigold, Mound Bayou, North Cleveland, Northwest 123 Cleveland, Renova, Shaw, Shelby, Skene, South Cleveland, West 124 Central Cleveland, West Cleveland and Winstonville Precincts. 125 Sunflower County: * * * Boyer-Linn, Doddsville, Drew, 126 Fairview-Hale, Indianola 3 North, Indianola 3 Northeast, Indianola 127 3 South, Indianola Southeast, Moorhead, Rome, Ruleville, Ruleville 128 North, Sunflower 3, Sunflower 4 and Sunflower Plantation 129 Precincts. 130 Tallahatchie County: Brazil, Charleston Beat 2, Sumner Beat 131 2, Sumner Beat 5, Tutwiler, Webb Beat 2 and Webb Beat 5 Precincts. 132 DISTRICT 14 133 Attala County: Berea, Carmack, Ethel, Hesterville, Liberty 134 Chapel, McCool, Providence, Thompson, Williamsville and Zama 135 Precincts. 136 Carroll County: All. 137 Grenada County: Elliott, Futheyville, Geeslin, Gore Springs, 138 Grenada Box 1, Hardy, Mt. Nebo, Pleasant Grove, Providence and Tie 139 Plant Precincts. 140 Leflore County: Money and *North Greenwood Precincts. J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 6 (tb\rc) 141 Montgomery County: Alva, Duck Hill, Mt. Pisgah, North Duck 142 Hill, North Mt. Pisgah - Sweethome, North Winona, South Winona, 143 Southeast Winona and West Winona Precincts. 144 Panola County: Eureka, Pope and South Springport Precincts. 145 Tallahatchie County: Cascilla, Charleston Beat 1, Charleston 146 Beat 3, Enid, Leverette, Murphreesboro, Paynes, Rosebloom, 147 Springhill and Teasdale Precincts. 148 Yalobusha County: Coffeeville 5, Oakland, Scobey, 149 Skuna-Vanns, Sylva Rena and Tillatoba Precincts. 150 DISTRICT 15 151 Choctaw County: All. 152 Montgomery County: East Winona, Kilmichael, Lodi, Nations, 153 North Kilmicheal, Poplar Creek and Stewart Precincts. 154 Oktibbeha County: Bradley, Central Starkville, Craig 155 Springs, Double Springs, East Starkville, *Gillespie Street 156 Center, Maben, North Longview, Northeast Starkville, Self Creek, 157 South Adaton, South Longview, South Starkville, Sturgis and West 158 Starkville Precincts. 159 Webster County: All. 160 DISTRICT 16 161 Clay County: All. 162 Lowndes County: Coleman A, Coleman B, Fairgrounds A, 163 Fairgrounds D, Hunt A, Hunt B, Mitchell A, Mitchell B, Plum Grove 164 C, Propst Park Community Hut, Union Academy A and *West Lowndes B 165 Precincts. J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 7 (tb\rc) 166 Noxubee County: Brooksville, Central District 3, 167 Cliftonville, Noxubee County Vo-Tech Center and Prairie Point 168 Precincts. 169 Oktibbeha County: Bell Schoolhouse, Center Grove, *Gillespie 170 Street Center, Hickory Grove, North Adaton, North Starkville 2, 171 North Starkville 3, Oktoc, Osborn, Sessums and Southeast Oktibehha 172 Precincts. 173 DISTRICT 17 174 Lowndes County: Air Base A, Air Base B, Air Base C, Air Base 175 D, Air Base E, Artesia, Brandon A, Brandon B, Brandon C, Brandon 176 D, Caledonia, Columbus High School A, Columbus High School B, 177 Columbus High School C, Columbus High School D, Crawford A, Dowdle 178 Gas Training Center B, Fairgrounds F, Fairgrounds G, Fairgrounds 179 B, Fairgrounds C, Fairgrounds E, Hunt C, Lee Middle School, New 180 Hope A, New Hope B, New Hope C, New Hope D, New Hope E, New Hope 181 F, Plum Grove A, Plum Grove B, Rural Hill A, Rural Hill B, Rural 182 Hill C, Sale A, Sale B, Sale C, Steens A, Steens B, Steens C, 183 Trinity A, Trinity B, Union Academy B, Union Academy C, University 184 A, University B, West Lowndes A and *West Lowndes B Precincts. 185 Monroe County: Athens, Bartahatchie, Greenwood Springs, 186 Hamilton and Lackey Precinct. 187 DISTRICT 18 188 Leake County: East Carthage, Ebenezer, Edinburg, Freeny, 189 Madden, North Carthage, Renfroe, Salem, Singleton, South Carthage, 190 Sunrise and Walnut Grove Precincts.