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Amendment 1
November 2, 2004
Mississippi Marriage Definition Amendment
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 957,104 86.01%
No 155,648 13.99%
Valid votes 1,112,752 96.56%
Invalid or blank votes 39,613 3.44%
Total votes 1,152,365 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 2,068,766 53.78%
Yes
  90–100%
  80–90%
  70–80%
Sources:[1][2][3]

2004 Mississippi Amendment 1 was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Mississippi to define marriage as between one man and one woman, thereby prohibiting same-sex marriages from being recognized in the state. The amendment passed by referendum on November 2, 2004, with ~86% of voters in favor.

Out of all similar same-sex marriage ban amendments passed in the United States, Mississippi's amendment received the highest percentage of votes cast in favor of a ban.[4]

Contents and amendment

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Contents

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The amendment, which was decided by voters on November 2, 2004, alongside the 2004 U.S. presidential election,[5] had the following information shown to voters for it:[5]

Constitutional Amendment

Amendment No. 1

House Concurrent Resolution 56

The proposed constitutional amendment provides that marriage may take place and may be valid under the law of this state only between a man and a woman. The amendment also provides that a marriage in another state or foreign jurisdiction between persons of the same gender may not be recognized in this state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this state.

[] Yes

[] No

Amendment

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The text of the adopted amendment, which is Article XIV, Section 263A of the Mississippi Constitution, states:[6]

Marriage may take place and may be valid under the laws of this State only between a man and a woman. A marriage in another State or foreign jurisdiction between persons of the same gender, regardless of when the marriage took place, may not be recognized in this state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this State.

Results

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86.01% voted in favor, and 13.99% voted against. The highest percentage of votes cast in favor of the amendment came from Itawamba County, with 94.06% in favor, and the lowest level came from Tunica County, with 73.43% in favor.[1]

The following table details the results by county:[1]

Results by county
County Yes No
# % # %
Adams 11,351 83.29 2,278 16.71
Alcorn 9,793 93.04 733 6.96
Amite 6,305 89.71 723 10.29
Attala 7,576 90.27 817 9.73
Benton 3,421 85.70 571 14.30
Bolivar 7,489 86.91 1,128 13.09
Calhoun 5,944 91.54 549 8.46
Carroll 4,792 88.17 643 11.83
Chickasaw 7,336 88.92 914 11.08
Choctaw 3,695 90.74 377 9.26
Claiborne 3,758 76.37 1,163 23.63
Clarke 7,144 91.86 633 8.14
Clay 8,727 87.47 1,250 12.53
Coahoma 4,742 85.80 785 14.20
Copiah 10,776 87.70 1,512 12.30
Covington 7,278 88.90 909 11.10
DeSoto 42,379 87.33 6,148 12.67
Forrest 21,815 82.64 4,582 17.36
Franklin 3,849 88.58 496 11.42
George 7,441 91.19 719 8.81
Greene 4,921 92.85 379 7.15
Grenada 8,313 88.57 1,073 11.43
Hancock 13,058 77.60 3,770 22.40
Harrison 47,367 76.49 14,556 23.51
Hinds 71,798 78.59 19,561 21.41
Holmes 6,521 84.31 1,214 15.69
Humphreys 3,586 81.30 825 18.70
Issaquena 685 81.16 159 18.84
Itawamba 9,122 94.06 576 5.94
Jackson 39,960 80.52 9,667 19.48
Jasper 6,969 87.37 1,007 12.63
Jefferson 2,993 79.16 788 20.84
Jefferson Davis 5,505 87.59 780 12.41
Jones 24,540 92.00 2,133 8.00
Kemper 4,122 87.55 586 12.45
Lafayette 11,773 77.76 3,368 22.24
Lamar 18,291 89.88 2,060 10.12
Lauderdale 25,943 88.63 3,327 11.37
Lawrence 6,010 91.03 592 8.97
Leake 7,376 89.59 857 10.41
Lee 26,923 90.17 2,934 9.83
Leflore 6,541 86.44 1,026 13.56
Lincoln 13,386 90.97 1,328 9.03
Lowndes 20,361 87.68 2,862 12.32
Madison 32,152 84.81 5,759 15.19
Marion 10,912 92.26 916 7.74
Marshall 11,353 84.59 2,068 15.41
Monroe 14,604 91.39 1,375 8.61
Montgomery 4,833 90.62 500 9.38
Neshoba 9,766 92.60 780 7.40
Newton 7,399 90.72 757 9.28
Noxubee 4,611 84.16 868 15.84
Oktibbeha 13,603 81.73 3,040 18.27
Panola 11,774 87.85 1,628 12.15
Pearl River 17,015 88.62 2,186 11.38
Perry 4,729 90.65 488 9.35
Pike 14,416 87.31 2,095 12.69
Pontotoc 10,668 93.83 702 6.17
Prentiss 9,553 93.35 680 6.65
Quitman 2,798 74.97 934 25.03
Rankin 47,981 88.31 6,351 11.69
Scott 8,933 86.52 1,392 13.48
Sharkey 1,786 82.42 381 17.58
Simpson 10,101 89.27 1,214 10.73
Smith 7,150 92.62 570 7.38
Stone 5,137 85.75 854 14.25
Sunflower 7,526 83.76 1,459 16.24
Tallahatchie 5,150 85.08 903 14.92
Tate 9,879 89.02 1,219 10.98
Tippah 8,660 92.85 667 7.15
Tishomingo 7,721 91.31 735 8.69
Tunica 2,169 73.43 785 26.57
Union 10,094 93.14 743 6.86
Walthall 5,924 89.26 713 10.74
Warren 15,041 82.97 3,088 17.03
Washington 14,454 83.75 2,804 16.25
Wayne 8,338 90.81 844 9.19
Webster 4,713 91.14 458 8.86
Wilkinson 3,559 85.31 613 14.69
Winston 8,653 89.46 1,019 10.54
Yalobusha 5,235 87.75 731 12.25
Yazoo 7,039 87.88 971 12.12
Total 957,104 86.01 155,648 13.99

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Official 2004 General Election Results
  2. ^ 2004 General Election Turnout Rates
  3. ^ OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES PRESIDENT NOVEMBER 2, 2004
  4. ^ "History of same-sex marriage ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Pike County Sample Ballot". Enterprise-Journal. October 31, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The Constitution of the State of Mississippi" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved March 25, 2026.