Multiple commenters at the Hattiesburg hearing asked that any proposed maps be released publicly along with population and demographic data, and that the public be given time to review and comment before decisions are made.

Several speakers, including former legislators and county leaders, urged waiting for the 2030 census and questioned the expense and motives of mid‑decade redistricting, warning of disruption to communities and representation.

Residents, tribal citizens and voting‑rights advocates told the Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee in Meridian that the 2025 map should be retained or, if changed, redrawn with transparent, race‑neutral criteria; no committee action was taken.

Committee adopts joint resolution for district maps with no opposition in proposed areas.

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via The Hill News — Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) on Saturday said the likely redistricting efforts that could kick off following the Supreme Court’s ruling against a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana leave Democrats with “a fight ahead of” them. Ahead of what was at the time a looming Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act, Mississippi…