In justifying its decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court writes, "It is wholly within the realm of possibility that the drafters foresaw or even hoped for a drop in congressional representation that would render the ballot-initiative process unworkable." courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinion…
Under this ruling, any MS ballot initiative passed since 2001 would have to be voided if challenged (it's unclear whether the ruling *automatically* does so for measures other than 2020's medical marijuana initiative). Ironically, this would include MS's 2011 voter-ID law.
It would presumably NOT include legislatively referred ballot measures (as opposed to signature-gathering petitions) such as the 2020 referenda banning MS's "state electoral college" and establishing a new state flag.
.@geoffreyvs points out that enabling legislation passed in 2012 may save voter ID in Mississippi even if it gets voided from the state constitution.
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