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Miss. Code Ann. § 23-17-13 (2026)

Procedure for appeal of title and summary

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If any person is dissatisfied with the ballot title or summary formulated by the Attorney General, he or she may, within five (5) days from the publications of the ballot title and summary by the office of the Secretary of State, appeal to the circuit court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County by petition setting forth the measure, the title or summary formulated by the Attorney General, and his or her objections to the ballot title or summary and requesting amendment of the title or summary by the court.

A copy of the petition on appeal together with a notice that an appeal has been taken shall be served upon the Secretary of State, upon the Attorney General and upon the person proposing the measure if the appeal is initiated by someone other than that person. Upon the filing of the petition on appeal or at the time to which the hearing may be adjourned by consent of the appellant, the court shall accord first priority to examining the proposed measure, the title or summary prepared by the Attorney General and the objections to that title or summary. The court may hear arguments, and, within ten (10) days, shall render its decision and file with the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ballot title or summary as it determines will meet the requirements of Section 23-17-9. The decision of the court shall be final.

Laws, 1993, ch. 514, § 7, eff. 8/3/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objections under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1999–2015 · leading case: Legislature of the State of Mississippi v. Adrian Shipman, 170 So. 3d 1211 (Miss. 2015).

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Legislature of the State of Mississippi v. Adrian Shipman, 170 So. 3d 1211 (Miss. 2015). · cites it 245× “5 Miss. Code Ann. § 23-17-13 (Rev. 2007). We hold the above-quoted Section 23-17-13 only provides a mechanism to appeal ballot titles formulated by the Attorney General for Section 23-17-1(1) ballot measures (those proposed via petition of qualified electors); it provides no…”

Hughes v. Hosemann, 68 So. 3d 1260 (Miss. 2011). · cites it 18× “15, § 273(9); see also Miss.Code Ann. §§ 23-17-13, [10] -23, [11] -25 (Rev.”

In Re Proposed Initiative Measure No. 20, 774 So. 2d 397 (Miss. 2000). · cites it 8× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 23-17-13 (Supp. 1999)). Stoner contends that section 156 of the state Constitution conferring original jurisdiction in the circuit courts "in all matters civil and criminal in this state not vested by this Constitution in some other court, and such appellate…”

Speed v. Hosemann, 68 So. 3d 1278 (Miss. 2011). · cites it 2× “15, § 273(9); Miss.Code Ann. §§ 23-17-13, -23, -25 (Rev.”

Stoner v. Mahoney, 774 So. 2d 397 (Miss. 2000). · cites it 6× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 23-17-13 (Supp. 1999)). Stoner contends that section 156 of the state Constitution conferring original jurisdiction in the circuit courts “in all matters civil and criminal in this state not vested by this Constitution in some other court, and such appellate…”

Deborah Hughes v. Delbert Hosemann (Miss. 2010). · cites it 9× “See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 23-17-13 , -23, -25 (Rev.”

Elizabeth Stoner v. Robert Mahoney (Miss. 1999). · cites it 6× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 23-17-13 (Supp. 1999)).”

Leland Speed v. Delbert Hosemann (Miss. 2011). · cites it 2× “15, § 273(9); Miss. Code Ann. §§ 23-17-13 , -23, -25 (Rev.”

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