The Justice Department said in a letter to officials in Mississippi on Monday that it would not weigh in on the state’s voter ID constitutional amendment until the accompanying legislation required by the amendment is enacted.
“Because the change now before us and the enabling legislation are directly related, it would be inappropriate for the Attorney General to make a determination on the instant change now,” T. Christian Herron, Jr., chief of Voting Section of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, wrote in a letter to the Mississippi Attorney General’s office. “When the enabling legislation and any additional implementation procedures are submitted, we will review all changes simultaneously.”