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SB 2770 - Amends Ballot Initiatives Processes - Mississippi Key Vote

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Title: Amends Ballot Initiatives Processes

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends ballot initiative process to authorize individuals to petition to put multiple issues on the statewide ballot in Mississippi.

Highlights:

  • Amends the ballot initiative process to authorize individuals to petition to put multiple issues on the statewide ballot in Mississippi (Sec. 1).

  • Increases the threshold for ballot initiative to pass to 67% of voters, and it requires a fiscal analysis and for petitioners to verify their state residency with the Mississippi Secretary of State's Office (Sec. 16).

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect January 1 in the following year in which the Secretary of State certifies passage of HCR 11, and SCR 527 by the voters in the state (Sec. 20).

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