Mississippi Democrats Lose Injunctive Relief on Open Primary

On May 10, a U.S. District Court Judge in Greenville, Mississippi, denied injunctive relief to the Mississippi Democratic Party. The party had filed a lawsuit in February 2006, hoping to win a ruling that it could exclude non-members of the party from voting in its June 2006 primary. Mississippi Democratic Party v Barbour, 4:06-cv-29. Mississippi doesn’t have registration by party, so the Democratic Party’s requested relief is somewhat awkward to implement.


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