#MAEP initiative 42 signatures submitted to Hosemann for review

Supporters for Mississippi education funding amendment say enough voters have signed petition

PEARL, Mississippi — Supporters of a constitutional amendment to guarantee “an adequate and efficient system of free public schools” in Mississippi loaded up the bed of a Chevrolet pickup with 16 boxes and drove to Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office Monday.

Inside those boxes, they say, are the certified signatures of 121,691 votes, enough to put a referendum on the 2015 general election ballot. That’s above the threshold of more than 107,216 required. More than 21,443 signatures had to be collected from each of Mississippi’s five former congressional districts as they existed in 2000.

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10/6/14