{"product_id":"silenced-without-a-vote-how-mississippi-officials-killed-the-ballot-initiative-process-twice-in-99-years-and-why-they-refuse-to-fix-it-9798295650208","title":"Silenced Without a Vote: How Mississippi Officials Killed the Ballot Initiative Process Twice in 99 Years-And Why They Refuse to Fix It.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Shaun McInnish\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Crooked Creek Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Crooked Creek Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American Government - State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHEY DIDN'T JUST IGNORE THE VOTE. THEY BROKE THE MACHINE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e816,107 \"Yes\" votes. A landslide mandate greater than any governor or senator received. And a government that erased it all with a single math problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn November 2020, the people of Mississippi did the impossible: they united. In a state defined by deep partisan trenches, a coalition of mothers, veterans, libertarians, and progressives defied the political establishment to pass Initiative 65, a citizen-led medical cannabis program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe message was deafening. The victory was absolute. Six months later, six judges in Jackson silenced them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe law wasn't struck down because the people changed their minds. It wasn't struck down because the policy failed. It was nullified using a \"Ghost District\" technicality-a glitch in the state constitution regarding congressional districts that the legislature had known about, and allowed to remain uncorrected, for twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one afternoon, the right of Mississippi citizens to amend their own constitution vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilenced Without a Vote is not just a story about medical cannabis. It is a forensic investigation into a political demolition. \u003cstrong\u003eShaun McInnish, Sr.-a lifelong Mississippian, a University of Southern Mississippi alumnus, and a contractor-approaches the State Capitol like a job site: he tears down the drywall to expose the structural rot hidden underneath.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this explosive opening volume of the Crooked Magnolias series, you will uncover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crooked Creek Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883994890391,"sku":"9798295650208","price":1246.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798295650208.webp?v=1781105243","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/silenced-without-a-vote-how-mississippi-officials-killed-the-ballot-initiative-process-twice-in-99-years-and-why-they-refuse-to-fix-it-9798295650208","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}