§ Miss. Code § 23-15-369(untitled)

Form and substance of proposed constitutional amendment or other public
measure.
(1) (a) Whenever a constitutional amendment is submitted to the vote of the people, the
substance of such amendment shall be printed in clear and unambiguous language on the ballot
after the list of candidates, if any, followed by the word "YES" and also by the word "NO", and
shall be styled in such a manner that a "YES" vote will indicate approval of the proposal and a
"NO" vote will indicate rejection.
(b) The substance of the amendment shall be an explanatory statement not exceeding seventyfive (75) words in length of the chief purpose of the measure. Such statement shall be prepared
by the Legislature and included in the concurrent resolution proposing the amendment to the
Constitution. The statement shall avoid, whenever possible, the use of legal terminology or
jargon and shall use instead, simple, ordinary, everyday language. The Secretary of State shall
give each proposed constitutional amendment a designating number for convenient reference.
This number designation shall appear on the ballot. Designating numbers shall be assigned in the
order of filing or certification of the amendments. The Secretary of State shall furnish the
designating number and the substance of each amendment to the circuit clerk of each county in
which such amendment is to be voted on.
(c) The full text of each proposed constitutional amendment shall be published by the
Secretary of State as provided for in Section 7-3-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, and shall be
posted prominently in all polling places, with copies of said proposed amendment to be
otherwise available at each polling place.
(2) Except as may be otherwise provided in subsection (1) of this section, whenever any
public measure, question or matter that requires an affirmative or negative vote is submitted to a
vote of the electors, the measure or matter shall be printed on the ballot and also the words
"FOR" or "AGAINST" to be so arranged by the proper officer so that the voter can intelligently
vote his preference.