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Mississippi
Capital: Jackson
Population: 2,858,029
Major Metropolitan Areas: Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Jackson
Federal Transportation Spending: $459,497,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
Mississippi offers the initiative and referendum procedures, but only for amending the state constitution. Ballot measures may be considered during both even and odd years. The number of signatures required to propose a ballot measure must represent at least 12% of the total number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial general election.

State Election Site: www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/elections.asp

County & City Information
Contact your county registrar's office for more information: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/VoterRegistrars.asp

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Mississippi.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/ms.html

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
Mississippi Public Transit Association (no website)
Rail Passenger Group
State DOT
No rail passenger association
Transit Agencies & MPOs
http://www.mdot.state.ms.us/
Jackson JATRAN http://www.city.jackson.ms.us/jatran/default.htm
Coast Transit Authority http://www.coasttransit.com/
Meridian Transit Authority http://www.meridianms.org/transportation4.htm
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
Jackson Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com/
Biloxi Sun Herald http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/
Tupelo Northeast Mississippi Journal http://www.djournal.com/pages/
Meridian Star http://www.meridianstar.com/
Oxford Eagle http://www.oxfordeagle.com/
Radio Television
WJSU NPR - Jackson http://www.jsums.edu/%7Eedlga/wjsu/index.htm
WKOZ - Kosciusko http://www.breezynews.com
WQBC - Vicksburg http://www.wqbc.net/news.php
WLBT NBC - Jackson http://www.wlbt.com/
WJTV CBS - Jackson http://www.wjtv.com/
WAPT ABC - Jackson http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=mississippi

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ms.cfm