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Mississippi Non-Public School Sports Teams Amendment, Initiative 53 (2018)

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Mississippi Initiative 53: Non-Public School Sports Teams Amendment
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Election date
November 6, 2018
Topic
Athletics
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
Citizens

Mississippi Initiative 53, the Non-Public School Sports Teams Amendment, was not on the ballot in Mississippi as an indirect initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.

The measure was designed to require non-public school sports teams to compete only within the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The proposed ballot title was as follows:[1]

“ Should non-public school sports teams be required to compete solely within the confines of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools?[2] ”

Ballot summary

The proposed ballot summary was as follows:[1]

“ Non-public school sports teams are required to compete solely within the confines of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. This organization was created for non-public institutions and non-public institutions may not compete within the confines of the Mississippi High School Activities Association.[2] ”

Support

Hunter Fooshee sponsored the initiative.[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Mississippi

According to Mississippi law, the number of signatures collected must be equal to at least 12 percent of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial general election. Based on the votes cast in the 2015 gubernatorial election, petitioners needed to collect at least 86,185 valid signatures in accordance with the state's distribution requirement in order to get the initiative on the ballot. An initiative can be circulated for one year before becoming invalid. An initiative can be circulated for one year before becoming invalid. Initiative 51 expired without supporters submitting any signatures.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mississippi Secretary of State, "Non-Public School Sports Teams," accessed December 3, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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