Mississippi Initiative and Referendum Amendment (1912)

Mississippi Initiative and Referendum Amendment
Election date November 5, 1912
Topic Initiative and referendum process
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Mississippi Initiative and Referendum Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Mississippi on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported establishing an initiative and referendum process in Mississippi.

A "no" vote opposed establishing an initiative and referendum process in Mississippi.

Election results

The constitutional amendment needed to receive a majority of votes cast in the election, not just on the constitutional amendment. As 64,498 votes were cast in the election, the amendment needed to receive at least 32,475 votes to pass.

Mississippi Initiative and Referendum Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		25,153	65.27%
No		13,383	34.73%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Initiative and Referendum Amendment was as follows:

“

S.C.R. No. 9 A Concurrent Resolution proposing an amendment to Article 4, Section 33, of the Constitution of Mississippi providing for the Initiative and Referendum Act.

”

Path to the ballot

The Mississippi State Legislature referred the constitutional amendment to the ballot.

See also

1912 Measures

• 1912 Measures
• Initiative and referendum process on the ballot
• 1912 legislative sessions

Mississippi

• Mississippi ballot measures
• Mississippi ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
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