Miss. Code Ann. § 23-17-17

Initiator of measure to print blank petitions; form of petitions

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 984 F. Supp. 470 - Term Limits Leadership Council, Inc. v. Clark (1997)

Most recently applied in 56 F. Supp. 2d 719 - Kean v. Clark (July 1999)

Laws, 1993, ch. 514, § 9; Laws, 1996, ch. 444, § 1, eff from and after June 28, 1996 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objections under Section 5 of the…

(1) The person proposing an initiative measure shall print blank petitions upon single sheets of paper of good writing quality not less than eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches in width and not less than fourteen (14) inches in length. Each sheet shall have a full, true and correct copy of the proposed measure referred to therein printed on the reverse side of the petition or attached thereto.

(2) Only a person who is a qualified elector of this state may circulate a petition or obtain signatures on a petition.

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