On November 1, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan, a Bush Jr. appointee, issued a 15-page opinion that says it is virtually certain that Mississippi cannot continue to require that winners of statewide state elections not only receive the most votes, but must carry a majority of State House districts. Leslie-Burl McLemore v Hosemann, s.d., 3:19cv-383. However, the judge declined to enjoin the system. He wrote that it is not obvious how the system should be altered. Currently if someone gets the most popular votes, but doesn’t carry the most state house districts, the State House chooses the winner from among the two people who got the most popular votes.

Mississippi elects all its statewide state offices in the odd years before presidential election years. The Mississippi gubernatorial election is November 5, 2019, less than a week away. The provision has been in the State Constitution for over a century yet has never affected any gubernatorial election outcome. Theoretically, it might in the upcoming election. The case had been filed on May 30, 2019. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.