Five issues, all opposed by many of the state’s political leaders, might be the reason lawmakers are reluctant to revive the ballot initiative.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 14, 2022 Mississippi is the only state in the modern era to rescind its initiative process that allowed voters to bypass the Legislature and place issues directly on the ballot. In 2021 the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the signature-gathering process as spelled out in the Constitution to place issues on the ballot.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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