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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 17 - AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION BY VOTER INITIATIVE
Section 23-17-3 - Time for filing petition; length of time petition remains valid

Miss. Code § 23-17-3

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Section 23-17-3 - Time for filing petition; length of time petition remains valid

The petition for a proposed initiative measure must be filed with the Secretary of State not less than ninety (90) days before the first day of the regular session of the Legislature at which it is to be submitted. A petition is valid for a period of twelve (12) months.

Miss. Code § 23-17-3

Laws, 1993, ch. 514, § 2, eff. 8/3/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objections under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).