Ellington

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge says he's inclined to send a lawsuit about access to poll books from Oxford to Jackson.

U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills, in an order filed Monday, wrote that it appears the defendants and the witnesses in a case filed by 13 Mississippi residents and True the Vote, a Texas group, are located in Mississippi's southern federal district. The plaintiffs filed suit July 1 in the northern district.

Mills is giving the plaintiffs until July 18 to show why the lawsuit shouldn't be moved. L. Eades Hogue, a lawyer for those suing, declined comment. He says he's still examining Mills' order.

The lawsuit seeks to compel Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and the Mississippi Republican Party to release poll books without redacting voters' birthdates.