Mississippi: AG sues Governor over date of Senatorial election
AP reports: The dispute over an election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Republican Trent Lott is now headed to court.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on Wednesday filed a complaint in Hinds County Circuit Court against the Nov. 4 election date set by Gov. Haley Barbour. The two have been at odds over when the election should be held. ...
Hood, a Democrat, said the law requires a special election much sooner than the date Barbour set.
Mississippi law states that after receiving official notice of a Senate vacancy, the governor has 10 days to announce an election to fill the seat. That election must be held within 90 days of the announcement, unless the vacancy occurs during a year when "there shall be held a general state or congressional election." -- SunHerald.com : Hood files lawsuit over Senate seat election