Initiative Process

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The Initiative Process: was  instituted by the Mississippi Legislator on November 3, 1992. The  people of Mississippi approved a new law allowing citizens to propose  changes to the state constitution through the initiative process.  The  rights of the voters to propose new laws. Mississippi law is a form of "  Indirect initiative". .

There  are (5) five congressional districts based on the old laws when the  initiative process was initiated. There are roughly 15 or more counties  per district. With Proposition 60, we need 86,183 certified registered  voters signatures to get placed on the ballot. That is roughly 17,237  signatures per district. The districts need to obtain at least  this amount for the initiative to move forward to be placed on the  ballot for a vote.

11  counties are split into different ballot initiative districts: Adams  (2&4), Attala (2&3), Grenada (1&2), Hinds (2&4), Jones  (3&4), Leake (2&3), Madison (2&3), Montgomery (1&2),  Panola (1&2), Tallahatchie (1&2), Wayne (3&5). You need to  ask the registered voter if they know which district they are in? 

Any  citizen of Mississippi can sponsor a ballot initiative. You just draw  up the Initiative and submit it to the Secretary of State and they will  submit it to the Attorney General's office for approval. Once approved  by the Attorney General's office then it is published in the paper and  the citizenry is given 5 days to respond. If the public doesn't disagree  with something then it is listed by the Secretary of State's office for  circulation to begin.

When  the exact amount of signatures are collected then it is placed on the  ballot to be held for a general vote of the public. If it goes through  then the legislatures will be responsible to draft the final legislation  to deal with the initiatives measures.

Then it moves to the Governor's desk for his signature at which time it becomes law. 

If the Legislators don't listen we will make them hear through the Initiative process.