My op-ed on the important topic of carefully reforming Mississippi's ballot initiative process ran in Y'all Politics on July 9, 2021. I am hopeful that the Mississippi Legislature will move cautiously in revamping the ballot initiative process to prevent the continuation of "overvoting," which allows voters who oppose amending the state constitution to then dictate the policy option they prefer despite not wanting to move forward at all. You can read the entire piece here: https://yallpolitics.com/2021/07/09/shrader-overvoting-threatens-legitimacy-of-ballot-initiative-process/.
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