ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWUnder the Mississippi provision , if no candidate wins the required majorities, the election is decided by the Mississippi House. It was invoked in 1999, when the House chose between two white candidates who were the top vote-getters in a four-person race for governor. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWIt was put in place as white politicians sought to suppress black voting power that emerged during Reconstruction and propelled some black candidates to statewide office. The lawsuit notes that black voters are highly concentrated in certain Mississippi House districts and constitute a majority of the voting-age population in 42 of them. To date, no Mississippi candidate who won the most votes for a statewide office has been prevented from taking office because of the other requirements.

Source: thestar May 30, 2019 14:36 UTC