Speed v. Hosemann

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. David Waide filed an Initiative1 with Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, and Hosemann has approved it for placement on the November 2011 general election ballot.

¶ 2. Leland Speed filed a complaint against Hosemann in the Hinds County Circuit Court, along with a Motion for Expedited Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, asking the court to declare Initiative 31 unconstitutional and to enjoin Hosem-ann from placing it on the ballot. Speed argued that Initiative 31 “violates Section 273(5)(a) because that section prohibits use of the initiative…