{"product_id":"silenced-without-a-vote-shaun-mcinnish-9798295650208","title":"Silenced Without a Vote: How Mississippi Officials Killed the Ballot Initiative Process Twice in 99 Years-And Why They Refuse to Fix It.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHEY DIDN'T JUST IGNORE THE VOTE. THEY BROKE THE MACHINE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e816,107 \"Yes\" votes. A landslide mandate greater than any governor or senator received. And a government that erased it all with a single math problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn November 2020, the people of Mississippi did the impossible: they united. In a state defined by deep partisan trenches, a coalition of mothers, veterans, libertarians, and progressives defied the political establishment to pass Initiative 65, a citizen-led medical cannabis program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe message was deafening. The victory was absolute. Six months later, six judges in Jackson silenced them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe law wasn't struck down because the people changed their minds. It wasn't struck down because the policy failed. It was nullified using a \"Ghost District\" technicality-a glitch in the state constitution regarding congressional districts that the legislature had known about, and allowed to remain uncorrected, for twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one afternoon, the right of Mississippi citizens to amend their own constitution vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilenced Without a Vote is not just a story about medical cannabis. It is a forensic investigation into a political demolition. \u003cstrong\u003eShaun McInnish, Sr.-a lifelong Mississippian, a University of Southern Mississippi alumnus, and a contractor-approaches the State Capitol like a job site: he tears down the drywall to expose the structural rot hidden underneath.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this explosive opening volume of the Crooked Magnolias series, you will uncover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shaun McInnish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295650208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Creek Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Shaun McInnish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874648338687,"sku":"9798295650208","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silenced-without-a-vote-shaun-mcinnish-9798295650208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}