Mississippi Court Defendant Rights, Amendment 6 (1978)
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The Mississippi Court Defendant Rights, Amendment 6, also known as Amendment 6, was on the ballot in Mississippi on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 27. The amendment proposed to that a defendant represented by counsel may waive indictment.[1]
Election results
| Mississippi Amendment 6 (1978) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 206,938 | 74.18% | ||
| No | 72,038 | 25.82% | ||
Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990
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