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Sen. Jeremy England says he's urging colleagues to restore Mississippi's ballot initiative process, which previously allowed residents to propose changes to state law.

@shanemsrep17 Thank you, Representative! 🇺🇸

I helped sponsor this legislation last session and will be happy to again.

We appreciate the steadfast commitment from Speaker @JasonWhiteMS for wanting to restore Mississippian’s constitutional right to a ballot initiative process. His powerful speech @neshoba_ms is yet another reminder why Mississippians should have a voice in their everyday lives.

TAKE ACTION NOW! - checkout our action center to send an email to your local state Senator urging them to support restoring our Constitutional right to a ballot initiative process. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ballotaccessmississippi.org

Will this be the year the MS Legislature finally restores the ballot initiative? Spence Flatgard, chairman of @BallotAccessMS, joined MS Today's podcast this morning to share what he and BAM are doing to advocate for the initiative this year.

Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance talk with Spence Flatgard, chair of Ballot Access Mississippi, about legislation pending in 2024 session that would restore the initiative process. Listen now. buff.ly/3Imgiij

Our Chairman @SpenceFlatgard joined @DaveWLOX with @WLOX to encourage citizens to reach out to their local state Senators to restore their Constitutional right to a ballot initiative process. wlox.com/video/2024/02/…

More from @JasonWhiteMS. The house passed a ballot initiative bill that restricts, among other things, any restoration of abortion rights from being put on the ballot. Speaker White provided some insight on why that language was included:

Standing tall

Thank you Representative @RodneyHallforMS 🇺🇸

We look forward to continue working with House and Senate members throughout this process. Special thanks to Chairman @pricewallace & @FredShanks for their hard work. #msleg

Thank you Speaker @JasonWhiteMS for leading on the ballot initiative issue today! The legislation passed by the House is a great first step towards the people regaining their constitutional right to access the ballot via the initiative process.

Reinstating the Constitutional right to a ballot initiative process is one of the most important issues to Mississippians across the state. We applaud the leadership of Speaker @JasonWhiteMS for listening to the people and wanting to move a bill quickly. #msleg

As @RussLatino⁩ states, the Mississippi Constitution contains an express right of the people to amend by the ballot initiative process. Join us by letting your local legislator know how important this constitutional right is to you. #msleg magnoliatribune.com/2023/12/31/202…

@Sparks4Senate Only 7 times in 30 years did a measure qualify for the ballot and only 4 times did Mississippians pass an initiative. Mississippians have a solid record in regards to passing issues through the BI process. This is a constitutional right reserved to qualified voters.

Mississippi is the only state that ever has had a voter initiative process and lost it. Mississippi voters deserve to have our right restored!

You can join us by signing our petition! This allows us to show legislators how much support the issue really has. ballotaccessmississippi.org/petition/

Op-Ed written by our Chairman @SpenceFlatgard published in the @magnoliatribune. It's Time to Talk About Restoring Our Constitutional Right to Ballot Initiatives magnoliatribune.com/2023/11/06/its…