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Mississippi Resident Only Initiative Petition Circulation, Amendment 1 (1998)
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The Mississippi Resident Only Initiative Petition Circulation Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which was on the November 3, 1998 ballot in Mississippi, where it was approved.
The amendment called for amending the "Constitution to provide that only a person who is a resident of this state may circulate an initiative petition."
Election results
| Amendment 1 (Resident Only Initiative Petition Circulation) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 396,574 | 76.7% | ||
| No | 120,638 | 23.3% | ||
Official results via: The Mississippi Official & Statistical Register 2000-2004(p.504-5)
Text of measure
The language that appeared on the ballot:
- This proposed constitutional amendment provides that only a person is a resident of this state may circulate an initiative petition or obtain signatures on an initiative petition for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution.[1]
Path to the ballot
Amendment 1 was referred to the ballot under the name HCR No.61.[1]
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