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Mississippi Legislature approves 21 suffrage bills in 2024 session

With bipartisan majority, House passes bill to restore voting rights to people convicted of nonviolent crimes

A large majority of House members voted on Thursday to approve a plan that creates a process for people previously convicted of some nonviolent felony offenses to have their voting

MS House approves more restrictive ballot initiative reform. See what it is

The MS House passed a ballot initiative bill Wednesday, but it includes cuts to abortion issues, constitutional laws and gives lawmakers veto power.

Are Gunn, House leaders afraid to let Mississippians vote on abortion?

In 2012, his first year as speaker of the Mississippi House, Philip Gunn authored a resolution that would have made abortion illegal under the state constitution.

Is a more restrictive initiative process better than no initiative at all?

We’re roughly two-thirds of the way through the 2023 legislative session, and Tuesday was a major deadline day.

MS GOP Seeks to Block Voters From Using Ballot Initiative for Abortion Rights

It is almost like a dictatorship," one Democratic lawmaker said in response to the GOP's proposal.

Bills survive another deadline in MS Legislature as session continues

A number of high-profile bills survived Tuesday's deadline in the Mississippi Legislature. See which ones made it and what they would do.

Mississippi could renew initiatives but ban them on abortion

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi residents might get back the ability to enact public policy through statewide ballot initiatives, but people would be banned from using the process to change abortion laws.

Mississippi could renew initiative, ban them on abortion

Republican lawmakers advanced a proposal Tuesday that would strip voters of their ability to launch abortion measures under a revived ballot initiative process.

House committee: Abortion can't be considered on potential ballot initiative | State Government

JACKSON — The state Legislature may prevent organizers from placing abortion-related policy on a statewide ballot, according to a voter initiative proposal that advanced out of a House committee on