2020 Mississippi flag referendum

Mississippi Statewide Measure 3

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Please vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on whether the following design shall be the official Mississippi State Flag
Proposed flag design
Voting systemSimple majority
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 943,918 72.98%
No 349,522 27.02%
Valid votes 1,293,440 97.69%
Invalid or blank votes 30,609 2.31%
Total votes 1,324,049 100.00%

Source: Mississippi Secretary of State

The 2020 Mississippi flag referendum was a legislatively referred state statute appearing on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot in Mississippi.

Voters were asked whether the design proposed by the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag, which does not contain the Confederate battle flag and includes the words "In God We Trust", should be adopted as the new official flag of Mississippi.[1] The referendum passed by a 72.98% to 27.02% margin on November 3, 2020.[2] Voters were not given the option to retain the old, Confederate-based flag.[3]

  1. ^ "Mississippi Ballot Measure 3, State Flag Referendum (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Siese, April (November 4, 2020). "Mississippi votes in favor of adopting new flag". cbsnews.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Pender, Geoff (September 2, 2020). "'In God We Trust' flag will go before Mississippi voters in November". Mississippi Today. On the World Wide Web. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

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