Rogelio V. Solis

FILE - Visitor information signs dot the entrance to the Hinds County Detention Facility in Raymond, Miss., Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

FILE - The Union Pacific Railroad logo appears on a locomotive in the Jackson, Miss., terminal rail yard, April 20, 2022. Union Pacific reports earnings on July 25, 2024. (AP

FILE - Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson points to a burned house where an escaped inmate exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Conway, Miss. (AP

By Rob Moore, Daily Memphian Published: November 04, 2024 4:40 PM CT

A Hinds County poll worker walks past ballot kiosks at this north Jackson, Miss., election precinct during Mississippi's party primaries, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.

FILE - U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., speaks at a rally on Nov. 1, 2019, in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

A three-judge panel of the Mississippi Supreme Court listens to arguments over a state law that would put $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for private schools, Feb. 6, 2024, in Jackson, Miss.

A federal appeals court panel incorrectly interpreted federal and state laws when it ruled that Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that are cast and postmarked by Election Day but arrive

FILE - Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves delivers his State of the State address to the state Legislature, Feb. 26, 2024, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio

Jackson City Council President Virgi Lindsay, right, greets Ward 6 City Councilman Aaron Banks, prior to the weekly Jackson City Council meeting at city hall in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Nov.