MISSISSIPPI’S INITIATIVE PROCESS
The Mississippi initiative law affords voters an avenue for addressing important constitutional issues which the State Legislature does not.
After registering the initiative with the Secretary of State’s Office, the official ballot title and summary are prepared by the Mississippi Attorney General. Initiatives are only valid for one year, during which time a petition must be circulated to gather signatures to place the measure on the next statewide General Election ballot. According to State law, as interpreted by the Mississippi Supreme Court, for an initiative measure to be placed on the ballot, a minimum of 106,190 certified signatures must be gathered from the congressional district as they exist at the time a petition is presented for approval. No more than twenty percent of signatures of qualified electors may come from a single congressional district.
Not only must an initiative receive a majority of the total votes cast for that particular initiative, it must also receive more than 40% of the total votes cast in that election.
As always, if we may be of any assistance, we encourage you to contact our Elections Hotline at 1-800-829-6786.
INITIATIVES
Click on any of the links below for more information on that initiative.
- 1 - Constitutional Convention
- 2 - Reduce size of Legislature
- 3 - Statutory and Local Referendum
- 4 - Term Limits
- 5 - Board of Denturity
- 6 - Municipal Annexation
- 7 - Public Schools
- 8 - Board of Denturity
- 9 - Term Limits
- 10 - Punitive Damages
- 11 - Punitive Damages
- 12 - Gaming
- 13 - Gaming
- 14 - Punitive Damages
- 15 - Voter Identification
- 16 - Attorney's Fees
- 17 - Damages in civil actions
- 18 - Damages in civil actions
- 19 - Elections
- 20 - Gaming/Gambling
- 21 - State Flag
- 22 - "Ultimate Human Life Amendment"
- 23 - "Ultimate Human Life Amendment"
- 24 - Assisted Suicide and Abortion
- 25 - Cigarette Tax
- 26 - Definition of “person"
- 27 - Voter Identification
- 28 - Cigarette Tax
- 29 - Obeying Federal Directives
- 30 - Term Limits
- 31 - Eminent Domain
- 32 - Healthcare Plan
- 33 - Public Fund Recipients
- 34 - African-American Day/Women's Day
- 35 - Mississippi Citizen Act
- 37 - Colonel Reb Mascot
- 39 - African-American Day/Women's Day
- 40 - Mississippi Citizens Act
- 41 - Right to Life
- 42 - Public Schools Funding
- 44 - Referendum Process Permitting the Repeal of State Laws and Local Ordinances
- 45 - School Vouchers
- 46 - Mississippi Heritage
- 48 - Legalization of Cannabis
- 51 - Term Limits
- 52 - Relating to the Legalization of Cannabis
- 53 - Non-Public School Sports Teams
- 54 - State Flag of Mississippi
- 55 - The Flag for All Mississippians Act
- 56 - State Flag of Mississippi
- 57 - Open Primary
- 58 - The State Flag of Mississippi
- 59 - Repeal of Art. 4, Mississippi Constitution
- 60 - Legalization of the use, taxation, cultivation and sale of industrial hemp and cannabis
- 62 - 1894 State Flag as the official State Flag
- 63 - Legalization of the use, taxation, cultivation and sale of industrial hemp and cannabis
- 65 - Medical Marijuana
- 66 - Redistricting
- 67 - Legalization of Cannabis
- 68 - Legalization of Cannabis
- 69 - Open Primary Election Process
- 70 - Open Primary Elections
- 71 - Pre-trial Diversion for Individuals with Mental Illness
- 72 - State Flag of Mississippi
- 73 - State Flag
- 74 - State Flag of Mississippi
- 75 - Term Limits
- 76 - Expansion of Medicaid
- 77 - Legalization of Marijuana and Cannabis
- 78 - Early Voting