@ISSUE • Mississippi’s Shield Act: Protecting election integrity or disenfranchising voters?

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Mississippi's Shield Act on voter integrity and disenfranchisement through interviews and a roundtable debate.

Will the new Shield Act prevent non-citizens from voting in Mississippi elections? Or will it disenfranchise legal voters? Host Wilson Stribling interviews Senate Elections Committee chairman Jeremy England (R-Van Cleave) and University of Mississippi professor Marvin King for contrasting perspectives. Then Wilson welcomes Republican Lucien Smith and Democrat Brandon Jones for a spirited roundtable debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Wilson Stribling

Guests: Jeremy England, Marvin King, Lucien Smith, Brandon Jones

Topics covered

• election integrity
• voter disenfranchisement
• Mississippi politics
• Shield Act
• roundtable debate

Keywords

• Shield Act
• Mississippi elections
• voter rights
• non-citizens voting
• political debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Mississippi, Acast

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