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Mississippi's 1st Congressional District

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the district view: events tagged to this congressional district, then events that apply across Mississippi, then national events. An event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district. See all of Mississippi.

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In Mississippi's 1st Congressional District

No events have been tagged to Mississippi's 1st Congressional District yet. District events are added over time. The state and national events below also apply here.

Across Mississippi

2026

  1. Sep 11, 2026 State Maps and lines Decided by a court

    Three-judge court declines to stop the Secretary of State from reinstating the 2022 legislative lines

    On September 11, 2026 the three-judge court in Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP v. State Board of Election Commissioners (No. 3:22-cv-734, S.D. Miss.) denied the plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order that sought to stop Secretary of State Michael Watson from reinstating the 2022 legislative district lines and to restore the 2025 lines. Following the Supreme Court's vacatur of its final judgment, the court wrote that the plaintiffs were not substantially likely to succeed "because federal vacatur law is squarely at odds with their argument for the validity of the 2025 legislative district lines."

    Related: Supreme Court vacates the Mississippi legislative redistricting judgment in light of Louisiana v. Callais

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

2025

  1. Apr 15, 2025 State Maps and lines Decided by a court

    Court finds the Legislature's remedial maps cure the violations except for Senate districts in the DeSoto County area

    On April 15, 2025 the three-judge court wrote that the Legislature's new maps "remedy the violations except as to the Senate districts in the DeSoto County interest area." At trial the plaintiffs had shown additional districts could be drawn for Senate districts in the DeSoto County and Hattiesburg areas and a House district in northeastern Mississippi. The court said it remained committed to special elections in November.

    Related: Three-judge court holds parts of Mississippi's 2022 legislative maps violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act · Court enters final judgment for the plaintiffs in the Mississippi legislative redistricting case

    Source last checked Oct 23, 2026

1992

  1. Mar 30, 1992 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects to the revised Mississippi Senate plan but not the House plan

    A March 30, 1992 letter says the Attorney General "does not interpose any objection to the proposed districting plan for the Mississippi House of Representatives," which remedied the features identified as objectionable in the July 2, 1991 letter, while the proposed Mississippi Senate redistricting plan "continues to be legally unenforceable" until the objection is withdrawn or a D.C. court judgment is obtained. The letter notes the matter was related to Watson v. Fordice, a case in the Southern District of Mississippi.

    Related: Justice Department objects to Mississippi's 1991 House and Senate redistricting plans

    Source last checked Oct 23, 2026

1991

  1. Jul 2, 1991 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects to Mississippi's 1991 House and Senate redistricting plans

    In a letter of July 2, 1991 the Justice Department wrote: "I must, on behalf of the Attorney General, interpose an objection to the proposed redistricting plans for the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate." The letter states that until the objection is withdrawn or a D.C. court judgment is obtained, the submitted changes remain legally unenforceable.

    Related: Justice Department objects to the revised Mississippi Senate plan but not the House plan

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1982

  1. Mar 30, 1982 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to Mississippi's congressional reapportionment (S.B. 2001 of 1981)

    The Justice Department's determination letter of March 30, 1982 concerns S.B. No. 2001 (1981), the reapportionment of Mississippi's congressional districts. It states that, on behalf of the Attorney General, the Department interposed an objection to the bill, and that until the objection is withdrawn or a D.C. court judgment is obtained the bill cannot be implemented.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

Nationwide

2026

  1. Sep 10, 2026 National Maps and lines Proposed

    Census Bureau proposes residence criteria for the 2030 census that would exclude some noncitizens from the apportionment count

    On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau, an agency of the Department of Commerce, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 57524, Docket No. 260903-0005, RIN 0607-AA75) that would add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations: residence criteria for the decennial census, and standards and restrictions for demographic questions on the census questionnaire. On residence, the notice states that "the Census Bureau proposes to include lawful permanent residents within the apportionment base, while excluding from the apportionment base illegal aliens and aliens whose legal status is less durable and indefinite in length than lawful permanent resident status," and says it is considering using administrative records to determine legal status. The comment period, first set to end October 13, 2026, was extended to November 2, 2026 by a notice published October 5, 2026. Al Jazeera and CNBC reported on the proposal, and CNBC reported that opponents expect litigation.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2021

  1. Aug 12, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau releases 2020 redistricting data for states

    On August 12, 2021, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, which it described as delivering data for states to begin redistricting. On September 16, 2021, it released the same data in an easier-to-use format on data.census.gov and delivered a toolkit to states.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  2. Apr 26, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau announces 2020 Census apportionment results

    On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020 was 331,449,281, and that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo delivered the population counts used for apportionment of the U.S. House to the President.

    Source last checked Oct 29, 2026

1967

  1. Dec 14, 1967 National Maps and lines Enacted

    Congress requires single-member congressional districts (Public Law 90-196)

    Public Law 90-196, approved December 14, 1967, provides that in each state entitled to more than one Representative "there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled," with "no district to elect more than one Representative."

    Source last checked Nov 1, 2026

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · How people voted in past elections, by county · Back to the 2026 voting center.