Mississippi

May 13, 2008. House Democrats won a conservative northern Mississippi House seat in a special election tonight, a victory certain to send shock waves through the ranks of congressional GOPers. The Associated Press called the race for Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers (D), shortly after 10 p.m. eastern time. With 81 percent of precincts reporting, Childers held a 51 to 49 percent edge over Southhaven Mayor Greg Davis (R). ...more

Mississippi and direct democracy

Statewide, Mississippi allows two of the available seven forms of direct democracy. If the Mississippi legislature places either a constitutional amendment or a statute on the statewide ballot, voters can ratify or reject it. Mississippians can petition a constitutional amendment (but not a statute) onto the ballot. However, the rules for qualifying an initiative in the state are so difficult that only two statewide initiatives have ever appeared on the ballot, in 1995 and 1999. Both were for term limits and both failed.

Mississippi is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. It is considered part of the Deep South. The state takes its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary. Mississippi is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd numbered years (The others are Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Virginia). Mississippi holds elections for these offices every 4 years in the years preceding Presidential election years.

• Mississippi 2008 ballot measures
• Mississippi ballot measures (all)
• Mississippi local ballot measures
• Mississippi school bond issues
• List of Mississippi initiatives from 1995-2000 (PDF)

• Laws governing the initiative process in Mississippi
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Mississippi
• Campaign finance requirements for Mississippi ballot measures

• Mississippi vote fraud

• Haley Barbour, Governor
• Phil Bryant, Lt. Governor
• Mark Shurtleff
• Mississippi Secretary of State
• Mississippi Attorney General
• Mississippi State Legislature
• Mississippi Constitution
• Mississippi Supreme Court
• Mississippi's main government website

• Mississippi media