[News] Voters May Decide Eminent-Domain Question

The Clarion-Ledger is reporting that the House of Representatives today approved a resolution to ask voters to restrict the use eminent domain for private purposes:

Representatives today approved House Concurrent Resolution 18 to put on the Nov. 6 ballot as a referendum limiting eminent domain. The measure passed in a 116-2 vote and heads to the Senate.

A poll announced this week by ZataPulse found that a whopping 76 percent of Mississippians are against the use of eminent domain to take public property for private use (as happened with the Nissan land), so such a measure would likely be passed.

Posted by ladd at 03:09 PM in LegislatureElectionsMS NewspapersNews | Email this entry

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