Mississippi Crossroads / Tradition Continues -- Courthouse a Time-Honored Practice
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › August 08, 2011
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Gathering on the lawn of the DeSoto County Courthouse on election night as the results are announced is part custom and part civics lesson.
"It's a tradition going back decades in DeSoto - long before cell phones, text messaging, cable television or TVs of any sort," said Dale Kelly Thompson, Circuit Court clerk and election registrar.See the full content of this document
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Mississippi Crossroads / Tradition Continues -- Courthouse a Time-Honored Practice
"Everybody gathered and the results were announced from the courthouse as the boxes came in," she said.
In Tuesday's primary election, when...See the full content of this document
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