1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgAshley Clarkehttps://publicintegrity.org/author/ashley-clarke/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="s4utS0ntF2"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/who-counts/more-than-15-of-black-mississippi-residents-permanently-barred-from-voting/">More than 15% of Black Mississippi residents permanently barred from voting</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/who-counts/more-than-15-of-black-mississippi-residents-permanently-barred-from-voting/embed/#?secret=s4utS0ntF2" width="600" height="338" title="“More than 15% of Black Mississippi residents permanently barred from voting” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="s4utS0ntF2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Who-counts-logo.jpg?fit=1682%2C1789&ssl=116821789Mississippi has the highest percentage of Black residents in the country at nearly 39%. White Republicans have long had total control over state government due to an array of voter suppression policies dating back to Reconstruction, designed to keep the formerly enslaved from exercising full citizenship rights.   Mississippi has an extreme felony disenfranchisement law, with […]