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A year and a half later and Mississippi still doesn’t have a ballot initiative process
It’s been a year and a half of limbo for the future of the state’s ballot initiative process, and election results from around the country are a reminder of what Mississippi doesn’t have as an option.
You won't see any statewide initiatives on Mississippi ballots on Tuesday. Here's why.
Mississippi voters who are used to seeing ballot measures may be surprised to find none during Tuesday's Midterm Elections, as the state's voter initiative process remains in a court-induced coma.
‘They Don’t Trust The People’: Lawmakers Want To Weaken Voter Power, McDaniel Warns
“There’s obviously an element within the Legislature that doesn’t like the ballot-initiative process, and you’re starting to hear these rumblings right now—they’re saying it’s too easy,” Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville told the Mississippi Free Press on Friday. “But what they’re really saying is they don’t trust the people. And when politicians don’t trust the people, that’s a problem. So they’re going to do everything in their power to deflect and circumvent the legislation.”
Mississippi Supreme Court nullifies the votes of 74% of Mississippi voters
Today the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled against the state’s ballot initiative process, killing the medical marijuana program 74% of Mississippians voted to pass in November..