Mississippi State Chapter, Operation Push, Inc., Cross-Appellees v. Ray Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, Cross-Appellants

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge by black citizens to Mississippi’s voter registration system. The plaintiffs alleged in the district court that Mississippi’s dual registration system and prohibition on satellite registration violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971 and 1983, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Named defendants included the Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State of Mississippi.

The district court agreed with the plaintiffs that the existing system…