The 1890 Constitution makes Mississippi the only state where a candidate for statewide office can win a majority of the popular vote and not be elected.
Electoral Vote Requirement
Voters will have the opportunity in November to remove a Jim Crow-era provision from the state constitution that makes Mississippi the only state in the nation where a candidate for statewide office can win a majority of the popular vote and not be elected.
View all of Mississippi Today’s coverage of the electoral vote requirement ballot measure.
Legislature poised to revisit Jim Crow-era electoral provisions in state Constitution
Mississippians have opportunity to change Jim Crow-era law without being forced by federal judge
Jim-Crow law designed to thwart African American-backed statewide candidates gets federal hearing
