The amendment read:
"This proposed amendment provides that after January 1, 2004, as vacancies occur, the twelve-member Board of Trustees of State Institutions of High Learning shall be appointed from each of the three Mississippi Supreme Court Districts, until there are four members from each Supreme Court District. The terms of office are reduced from twelve years to nine years. The terms are staggered so that all members appointed after 2012 will have a term of nine years."
Source for Popular Vote data: Mississippi Secretary of State. Proclamation of the Secretary of State, Mississippi Secretary of State (http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/2003GeneralReCap/Certified/16Senate%20Concurrent%20Resolution%20522.pdf) (accessed 23 May 2014)