Mississippi Court Defendant Rights, Amendment 6 (1978)

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The Mississippi Court Defendant Rights, Amendment 6, also known as Amendment 6, was on the ballot in Mississippi on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 27. The amendment proposed to that a defendant represented by counsel may waive indictment.^[1]

Election results[edit]

Mississippi Amendment 6 (1978)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		206,938	74.18%
No		72,038	25.82%

Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• Mississippi 1978 ballot measures
• 1978 ballot measures
• List of Mississippi ballot measures

External links[edit]

• Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990

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