In 2021 the Mississippi State Supreme Court removed the State Constitutional right for the voters to use the initiative process to alter state laws. The Court said the Constitutional provision was flawed because it said signatures had to come from all five U.S. House district, but after the 2000 census Mississippi only had four districts.

Ever since, bills have been introduced in the Mississippi legislature to bring back the initiative, but every time the bills die. See this story about the 2025 session.