For those readers that remember my remarks on the Mississippi electoral system, it looks like a referendum change has passed:
Mississippi voted 78-22 for Measure 2, which repeals a provision of the state’s Jim Crow-era constitution that deliberately penalizes Black voters and the Democrats they support in elections for statewide office. The new law requires candidates for posts like governor or attorney general to take a majority of the vote in the general election in order to win outright; if no one hits this threshold, a runoff would take place between the top-two vote-getters. [The Daily Kos]
That sounds a helluva lot more fair than the old one. And, yes, I was wrong – the citizenry did manage to make the change, overwhelmingly. Yay for them! Shame on me for doubting them!
