No news articles yet, but the Mississippi Supreme Court has just ruled that placing the special Senate election at the bottom of the ballot was illegal. Not even Barbour's buddies on the court could justify such a gross violation of this law:
SEC. 23-15-367. Arrangement of names of candidates, order of titles of offices, and printing of official ballot generally; order in which titles of various offices are to be listed on the ballot; furnishing of sample of official ballot; alphabetical arrangement in primary elections.
... (2) The titles for the various offices shall be listed in the following order:
(a) Candidates for national office;
(b) Candidates for statewide office;
(c) Candidates for state district office;
(d) Candidates for legislative office;
(e) Candidates for countywide office;
(f) Candidates for county district office.
Well, most of them, anyway. The decision was 8-1. There was at least one Barbour shill on that court who is absolutely immune to the rule of law.
We can celebrate by rerunning one of the best Senate race ads this cycle:
Update: Actually, the dissent is one of the good guys. He agrees with the overall decision, but mocks the court for 1) allowing Barbour to get away with scheduling the special this November instead of last March as state law required, and 2) attacks them for claiming, in the majority decision, that the trial court erred in demanding that Barbour adhere to state law.
The full decision is here (PDF).