List of Missouri ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Missouri.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2042

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Approve calling a state constitutional convention

2026

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description
ABR	Amendment 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Sales taxes	Renew the existing sales and use tax of 0.1% for 10 years to fund state parks and soil and water conservation
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government officials and elections	Require the Jackson County Assessor to be an elected position
LRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional rights; Healthcare governance; Abortion policy; Sex and gender issues; LGBTQ issues	Prohibit abortion in most cases, and prohibit gender transition procedures for minors under eighteen
LRCA	Amendment 4	Initiative and referendum process; Campaign finance; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Ballot measure process	Require the majority of voters from each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution, prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to ballot measure campaigns, among other provisions

2024

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 2	Gambling policy	Legalize and regulate sports wagering in Missouri	a	1,478,652 (50%)	1,475,691 (50%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Constitutional rights; Abortion policy	Provide for a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined to include abortion	a	1,538,659 (52%)	1,443,022 (48%)
CICA	Amendment 5	Gambling policy	Allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam	d	1,380,949 (48%)	1,523,889 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public employee retirement funds	Define the administration of justice to include the levying of costs and fees to support the salaries and benefits for law enforcement personnel	d	1,112,081 (39%)	1,711,527 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Citizenship voting requirements; Ranked-choice voting	Prohibit ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the state local and governments from allowing noncitizens to vote	a	1,966,852 (68%)	906,851 (32%)
CISS	Proposition A	Minimum wage laws; Paid sick leave laws	Increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees	a	1,693,064 (58%)	1,247,658 (42%)

August 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property tax exemptions	Allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property tax	d	491,161 (45%)	593,465 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Law enforcement funding; State legislative authority	Allow the Legislature to pass a law requiring Kansas City to increase funding for the Kansas City Police Department	a	549,919 (51%)	525,657 (49%)

2022

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive powers and duties; Tax and revenue administration	Authorize the state treasurer to invest in certain municipal securities	d	896,279 (46%)	1,065,773 (54%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Marijuana laws	Legalize marijuana in Missouri	a	1,092,432 (53%)	965,020 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislative authority; Law enforcement funding	Allow the Legislature to pass a law requiring Kansas City to increase funding for the Kansas City Police Department		1,269,826 (63%)	739,783 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State executive branch structure; State National Guard and militia; Administrative organization	Create the Missouri Department of the National Guard	a	1,197,677 (60%)	791,231 (40%)
ACCQ	Question	State constitutional conventions	Ask voters whether to hold a state constitutional convention	d	633,228 (32%)	1,330,427 (68%)

2020

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Executive official term limits	Sets a two-term limit for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, and attorney general	d	1,363,767 (47%)	1,527,782 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Redistricting policy; Campaign finance; Ethics rules and commissions	Addresses lobbying, campaign finance, and redistricting procedures	a	1,489,503 (51%)	1,430,358 (49%)

August 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 2	Public health insurance; Public assistance programs	Expands Medicaid under the ACA	a	676,687 (53%)	593,491 (47%)

2018

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Campaign finance; Redistricting policy; Ethics rules and commissions	Address lobbying, campaign finance, and redistricting procedures	a	1,469,093 (62%)	899,613 (38%)
CICA	Amendment 2	Marijuana laws; Veterans policy	Legalize marijuana for medical purposes	a	1,583,227 (66%)	830,631 (34%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Marijuana laws	Legalize marijuana for medical purposes	d	754,007 (32%)	1,639,622 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Gambling policy	Change requirement to manage bingo games and advertising at bingo games	a	1,194,304 (52%)	1,085,158 (48%)
CISS	Proposition B	Minimum wage laws	Increase the state's minimum wage each year until reaching $12 in 2023	a	1,499,002 (62%)	905,647 (38%)
CISS	Proposition C	Marijuana laws	Legalize marijuana for medical purposes	d	1,039,251 (44%)	1,345,762 (56%)
LRSS	Proposition D	Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges; Restricted-use funds	Increase gas tax, provides tax exemption for Olympic prizes, and creates fund for projects to improve roads and alleviate bottleneck traffic	d	1,109,009 (46%)	1,281,143 (54%)

August 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Proposition A	Right-to-work laws	Approval upholds Senate Bill 19, a right to work law; defeat rejects the law	d	453,283 (33%)	939,973 (67%)

2016

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ABR	Amendment 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Sales taxes	Renew the existing sales and use tax of 0.1 percent for 10 years to fund state parks and soil and water conservation	a
CICA	Amendment 2	Campaign finance	Establish limits on campaign contributions to candidates for state or judicial office	a
CICA	Amendment 3	Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Tobacco laws	Increase the taxes on cigarette packs from 17 cents to 77 cents by 2020 and impose an additional fee on tobacco wholesalers at an initial rate of 67 cents per pack	d
CICA	Amendment 4	Sales taxes	Prohibit a new state sales or use tax on any service or activity that was not subject to a sales or use tax as of January 1, 2015	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Voter ID policy	Allow the state government to require the presentation of voter IDs at public elections in order to prove national and state citizenship	a
CISS	Proposition A	Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Tobacco laws	Increase taxes on cigarettes by 23 cents per pack by 2021 and to add an additional 5 percent sales tax for other tobacco products	d

2014

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 10	State executive powers and duties	Prohibit the governor from estimating available state revenues when making budget recommendations to the legislature in situations where estimated available state revenues are determined from proposed, but not yet approved, legislation	a	791,099 (57%)	601,699 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Juvenile criminal justice; Criminal trials	Allow relevant evidence of prior criminal acts, also known as propensity evidence, to be admissible in court in prosecutions of sexual crimes involving a victim under 18 years old	a	1,018,773 (72%)	396,519 (28%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Public school teachers and staff; Collective bargaining	Implement teacher performance evaluations that would have been used to determine whether a teacher should be dismissed, retained, demoted or promoted; and preventing teachers from collectively bargaining over the terms of these evaluations	d	339,422 (24%)	1,100,628 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Early voting	Establish a six-day long early voting period starting in 2016	d	416,447 (30%)	985,966 (70%)

August 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amednment 9	Constitutional rights	Add electronic communications and data to the Missouri Constitution's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures	a	729,752 (75%)	246,515 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	Agriculture policy; Constitutional rights	Amend the state constitution to provide for the right for ranchers and farmers to engage in their livelihoods and produce food for others	a	499,963 (50%)	497,588 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Firearms policy; Constitutional rights	Amend the state constitution to establish the unalienable right of citizens to keep and bear arms, ammunition and accessories associated with the normal functioning of such arms, for the purpose of defense of one’s person, family, home and property	a	602,863 (61%)	386,308 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Highways and bridges; Public transportation; Restricted-use funds; Sales taxes	Impose a temporary 0.75 percent increase on the state sales and use tax to fund transportation projects	d	408,288 (41%)	591,932 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Veterans policy; Gambling policy; Revenue allocation	Create of a new lottery ticket to fund veterans' programs	d	441,520 (45%)	539,519 (55%)

2012

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	State executive powers and duties; State judicial selection	Grant the governor the power to appoint 4 persons to the Appellate Judicial Commission, the body responsible for choosing nominees for the Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court, and providing for the governor to have the power to choose three of the seven total members at the time this proposal was made	d	608,458 (24%)	1,929,470 (76%)
CICA	Proposition A	Local government organization; Law enforcement officers and departments	Require that all municipal police forces or departments be controlled by the local governing body	a	1,617,443 (64%)	914,143 (36%)
CISS	Proposition B	Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Tobacco laws	Create the Health and Education Trust Fund with by using the revenue generated from a tax of $0.0365 per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer's invoice price for roll-your-own tobacco and 15% for other tobacco products	d	1,321,586 (49%)	1,362,005 (51%)
LRSS	Proposition E	Private health insurance; State executive powers and duties	Prohibit the governor and state agencies from creating or running state-based health insurance exchanges without approval from voters through a ballot measure or from the state legislature	a	1,573,292 (62%)	976,250 (38%)

August 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Religion-related policy; Constitutional rights; Religion in public schools	Provide that a citizen's right to express religious beliefs or pray shall not be infringed, and that the right to worship includes prayer in public or private settings, including in all public schools	a	780,567 (83%)	162,631 (17%)

2010

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government officials and elections	Require county assessors to be elected in all charter counties, except those with a population between 600,001 and 699,999	a	1,360,556 (74%)	475,000 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans policy; Property tax exemptions; Homestead tax exemptions	Exempt former prisoners of war with a total service-connected disability from paying property taxes on their homestead	a	1,227,297 (66%)	639,065 (34%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Property taxes	Prohibit the state and local governments in Missouri from imposing new taxes on the sale or transfer of real estate	a	1,592,177 (84%)	309,398 (16%)
CISS	Proposition A	Local government finance and taxes; Income taxes	Repeal certain cities' authority to use earnings taxes to fund their budgets, require voter approval every five years for existing earnings taxes, phase out unapproved taxes over ten years, and prohibit new earnings taxes	a	1,297,197 (68%)	599,672 (32%)
CISS	Proposition B	Animal treatment laws	Require large-scale dog breeders to meet specific care standards, limit breeders to 50 dogs, and establish a misdemeanor crime for "puppy mill cruelty" violations	a	997,870 (52%)	936,190 (48%)

August 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition C	Insurance policy; Private health insurance	Prohibit government penalties for refusing to buy private health insurance, protect direct payment for healthcare services, and modify laws on liquidating certain domestic insurance companies	a	669,847 (71%)	272,723 (29%)

2008

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	English language policy	Require all official proceedings of public governmental bodies to be conducted in English	a	2,407,536 (86%)	381,874 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Sewage and stormwater; Revenue allocation	Modify stormwater project financing by restricting grants and loans to public water and sewer districts, remove funding caps and disbursement limits, and mandate loan repayments be used solely for stormwater control projects	a	1,494,107 (58%)	1,088,728 (42%)
CISS	Proposition A	Public education funding; Restricted-use funds; Gambling policy	Enact a law to repeal gambling loss limits, prohibit future limits, require identification to prove an individual is at least 21 years old, restrict casino numbers, increase the casino tax from 20% to 21%, allocate new gambling tax revenue to education through a dedicated fund, and require annual audits	a	1,578,674 (56%)	1,231,892 (44%)
CISS	Proposition B	Healthcare governance; Administrative organization; Public assistance programs; Public health insurance	Establish the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure quality home care services for the elderly and individuals with disabilities under Medicaid by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce	a	2,077,831 (75%)	683,137 (25%)
CISS	Proposition C	Carbon emissions regulations; Energy market regulations; Solar energy	Enact a law to require investor-owned electric utilities in Missouri to generate or purchase their use of renewable energy to at least 15% by 2021, including 2% from solar, and limit consumer rate increases at 1%	a	1,777,500 (66%)	914,332 (34%)

2006

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 2	Healthcare governance; Vaccinations and disease policy	Authorize federally permitted stem cell research in Missouri, ban human cloning, ensure patient access to therapies, require oversight and reporting, enforce penalties for violations, and prevent government interference	a	1,085,396 (51%)	1,034,596 (49%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Public health insurance; Tobacco laws; Restricted-use funds; Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Public assistance programs	Establish a Healthy Future Trust Fund, funded by increased tobacco taxes, to support tobacco prevention, healthcare access for low-income individuals and Medicaid recipients, and related administrative costs, with funds kept separate from general revenue and subject to annual audits	d	1,029,027 (49%)	1,089,701 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Veterans policy; Property tax exemptions	Authorize a tax exemption for real and personal property used exclusively for nonprofit activities of veterans' organizations	a	1,237,719 (61%)	782,138 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Salaries of government officials; Public employee retirement funds; Ethics rules and commissions	Require the forfeiture of state pensions for legislators, statewide officials, and judges convicted of felonies or removed for misconduct, and mandate that their compensation be set by a citizens' commission subject to voter approval	a	1,720,007 (84%)	324,637 (16%)
CISS	Proposition B	Minimum wage laws	Enact a law to raise Missouri's minimum wage to $6.50 per hour or the federal minimum if higher, with annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index	a	1,594,632 (76%)	504,294 (24%)

August 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ABR	Amendment 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Sales taxes	Reauthorize the 0.1% sales and use tax for soil and water conservation, state parks, and historic sites for ten years, with a requirement to resubmit the issue for a vote every decade or earlier	a	485,103 (71%)	200,179 (29%)

2004

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 3	Transportation taxes and fees; Restricted-use funds; Highways and bridges	Allocate all motor fuel tax revenues to highways, roads, and bridges while requiring vehicle taxes and fees to fund state highway construction and maintenance, with up to half gradually allocated to repay state highway bonds over four years	a	1,966,617 (79%)	526,872 (21%)

August 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	Authorize regulated floating gambling facilities on the White River in Rockaway Beach, Missouri, with 50% of state revenues allocated to teacher salary supplements and capital improvements in priority school districts	d	659,433 (44%)	834,943 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Define marriage as between a man and a woman	a	1,055,771 (71%)	439,529 (29%)

2002

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government organization	Authorize the citizens of St. Louis to amend or revise their city charter to reorganize county functions and offices in accordance with state constitution and laws	a	1,173,822 (69%)	516,584 (31%)
CICA	Amendment 2	Collective bargaining; Labor disputes and strikes	Allow firefighters, ambulance personnel, and emergency dispatchers the right to collectively bargain with their employers but prohibit them from striking	d	840,493 (49%)	881,395 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative term limits	Exclude service of less than half a legislative term due to a special election from the calculation of term limits for Missouri General Assembly members	a	879,162 (54%)	740,941 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local government organization; Utility policy; Bond issue requirements	Authorize joint boards or commissions formed by political subdivisions to own projects, issue bonds without creating state or local debt, and operate without Public Service Commission regulation	a	927,715 (58%)	678,137 (42%)
ACCQ	Constitutional Amendment	State constitutional conventions	Initiate a convention to revise and amend the Missouri State Constitution	d	569,598 (35%)	1,079,085 (65%)
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions		d	569,598 (35%)	1,079,085 (65%)
CISS	Proposition A	Healthcare facility funding; Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Restricted-use funds; Tobacco laws; Early childhood education	Enact a law to increase tobacco taxes to fund healthcare, emergency preparedness, medical research, smoking prevention, and early childhood education through a Healthy Families Trust Fund	d	881,701 (49%)	912,210 (51%)

August 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition A	Fees, licenses, and charges; Telecommunications infrastructure	Establish a fee of up to $0.50 for every wireless telephone number to fund a wireless enhanced 911 service	d	318,875 (35%)	600,274 (65%)
LRSS	Proposition B	Sales taxes; Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges; Administrative organization; Revenue allocation	Increase the sales and use taxes by 0.5% and fuel taxes to $0.04 per gallon to fund highways and transportation until July 2013, unless extended by voters, and creates an inspector general for the transportation department	d	255,575 (27%)	674,779 (73%)

2000

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Budget stabilization funds; State legislative vote requirements	Establish a budget reserve fund to be used by the governor in budget emergencies with two-thirds approval by the legislature	a	1,223,284 (59%)	844,303 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gambling policy	Reduce the amount of time that individuals are required to be members of a licensed organization to participate in the management, conduct, or operation of a licensed bingo game	d	672,370 (33%)	1,395,873 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative authority; Salaries of government officials	Require legislative approval for salaries recommended by the Citizens' Commission for elected officials and judges, and remove the commission's authority to set mileage and expenses	d	780,192 (41%)	1,127,189 (59%)
CISS	Proposition A	Business regulations; Land use and development policy	Prohibit new construction of most new outdoor advertising and place restrictions on already existing outdoor advertising along national highway systems in the state	d	1,075,333 (49%)	1,122,119 (51%)
CISS	Proposition B	Business taxes; Campaign finance	Establish a public campaign finance system for certain candidates campaigns funded by an increased franchised tax levied on corporations	d	748,949 (35%)	1,366,559 (65%)

1999

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition A	Telecommunications infrastructure; Fees, licenses, and charges	Authorize the Missouri office of administration to establish a fee for every wireless telephone number of up to $0.50 per month to fund wireless enhanced 911 service	d	544,225 (43%)	735,889 (57%)
LRSS	Proposition B	Firearms policy	Require sheriffs or chief of police to issue permits to carry concealed firearms to approved applicants if various statutory requirements are met	d	634,809 (48%)	678,652 (52%)

1998

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process	Change the deadline for submitting initiative petitions from four months to six months before the election	a	820,937 (58%)	600,830 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Property taxes; Public education funding; Ballot measure process	Require voter approval for school boards to set operating levies above $2,750 per $100,000 of assessed property value	a	858,649 (59%)	601,190 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Tax and revenue administration	Require the state treasurer to prepare a written investment policy for investment of state funds, and authorize categories of permitted investments to include banker's acceptances and commercial paper	a	1,071,261 (76%)	343,343 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issue requirements; Sewage and stormwater	Authorize an issue of revenue bonds to fund municipal or joint sewer improvement projects	a	1,014,211 (71%)	410,594 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Sewage and stormwater; Drinking water systems; Bond issues	Authorize the state to issue bonds to fund water and sewer grants or loans for infrastructure improvements	a	918,977 (65%)	500,347 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gambling policy	Authorize federally recognized religious or charitable organizations to sponsor raffles and sweepstakes regulated by the state	a	895,373 (61%)	565,354 (39%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Gambling policy	Authorize the Missouri General Assembly to permit gambling on excursion boats and floating facilities on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, including artificial water spaces within 1,000 feet of the main channel	a	857,826 (55%)	688,184 (45%)
CISS	Proposition A	Animal treatment laws	Criminalize animal baiting, fighting, and bear wrestling, authorizing the participation, promotion, or facilitation of such activities a felony or misdemeanor	a	952,654 (62%)	596,352 (38%)

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Public education funding	Allow the Kansas City Board of Education to set its operating levy at a rate below the 1995 court-ordered level without voter approval	a	466,161 (70%)	195,413 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issue requirements; Property taxes; Public education funding	Establish, with voter approval, maximum bonding capacity for school districts at an amount less than 15% of the value of taxable tangible property in the district	a	439,861 (68%)	210,506 (32%)

1996

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	Revenue allocation; Restricted-use funds	Authorize an annual transfer of general revenue funds to the Facilities Maintenance Reserve Fund for state facility upkeep, transferring approximately $5.4 million	a	1,013,243 (54%)	862,022 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administrative organization; State executive branch structure	Establish a state department of aging within the executive branch of state government of state government	d	848,233 (44%)	1,067,574 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Utility policy; Bond issue requirements; Sewage and stormwater	Authorize municipalities, with voter approval, to issue bonds to construct sewer treatment plants, and remove water plants from regulation as public utility	d	936,202 (50%)	946,218 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Budget stabilization funds	Establish a Budget Stabilization Fund within the state treasury to provide a reserve in years where revenue projections are below expectations	d	931,705 (49%)	958,173 (51%)
ABR	Amendment 8	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Sales taxes	Extend the existing 0.1% sales and use tax for 10 years to fund soil and water conservation, state parks, historic sites, and for payments in lieu of real property taxes for land acquired by the state for park purposes	a	1,280,245 (67%)	641,793 (33%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Federal government issues; Election administration and governance; Congressional term limits	Establish Missouri's intent to support a U.S. Constitutional amendment for Congressional term limits and require ballot notations indicating whether candidates support or oppose term limits	a	1,075,215 (58%)	787,985 (42%)
CISS	Proposition A	Minimum wage laws	Amend previously enacted law to incrementally raise the state's minimum wage starting at $6.25 in 1997, increase annually by $0.25 until 1999, then by $0.15 per year from 2000 onward, expand the definition of "employee," and allow the legislature or municipalities to further increase wage coverage	d	586,584 (29%)	1,456,982 (71%)

August 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education funding; Bond issue requirements; Property taxes	Authorize school districts, with voter approval, to increase their bonded indebtedness limit from 10% to 15% of district property value	d	310,624 (45%)	377,045 (55%)

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 4	Ballot measure process; Revenue and spending limits; Tax and revenue administration	Require a statewide vote to approve any annual tax or fee increases exceeding $50 million or 1% of total state revenue	a	472,854 (69%)	216,176 (31%)

1995

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government organization	Repeal prohibitions on special laws for specific counties and classify charter or constitutional counties separately	a	317,127 (58%)	233,023 (42%)

1994

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government organization; Ballot measure process; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize first-class counties to adopt an alternative form of government with voter approval, limit taxes to those authorized by state law, and modify petition requirements for county charter questions	a	999,459 (65%)	549,771 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Revenue allocation; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy	Require the Department of Natural Resources to pay counties, schools, and other political subdivisions for taxes lost because of land acquisition for park use, with payments funded by state park sales tax which terminates in 1998	a	1,050,097 (65%)	556,409 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Salaries of government officials; Administrative organization	Establish the Citizen's Commission, which would set the compensation for all elected state officials	a	900,128 (57%)	668,786 (43%)
CICA	Amendment 6	Gambling policy	Authorize lotteries, gift enterprises, and games of chance to be conduced on excursion gambling boats and floating facilities on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers	a	943,652 (54%)	807,707 (46%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Local government finance and taxes; Revenue and spending limits; Tax and revenue administration; Ballot measure process	Limit annual state revenue increases from new or increased taxes and fees to 0.2% unless approved by voters, require voter approval for most local tax increases, and prohibit the state from mandating local tax increases on political subdivisions as a requirement for maintaining their corporate status or existing level of state funding	d	558,642 (32%)	1,195,483 (68%)
CISS	Proposition A	Ethics rules and commissions; Campaign finance	Establish campaign contribution limits per election cycle to $100 and $200 based on district size and $300 for statewide candidates, require donor employer or occupation disclosure for contributions over $25, mandate excess contributions be returned or sent to the Missouri Ethics Commission, establish a commission on fair elections, and allow complaints for violations	a	1,186,113 (74%)	418,630 (26%)

August 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 4	Higher education funding; Prison and jail funding; Bond issues	Authorize an issuance of $250 million in bonds to fund construction and maintenance of buildings for prisons, youth services, and higher education	a	416,787 (50%)	409,912 (50%)

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Authorize lotteries, gift enterprises, and games of change or skill to be conducted on excursion gambling boats and floating facilities only on the Mississippi River and Missouri River	d	527,285 (50%)	528,697 (50%)

1992

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government finance and taxes; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Require a four sevenths majority vote to approve certain tax increases at four sevenths in municipal, county, and school district general or primary elections	d	915,082 (43%)	1,228,518 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Local government finance and taxes; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Bond issue requirements	Require a four-sevenths majority for all bond issue elections in St. Louis	d	786,231 (39%)	1,207,497 (61%)
CICA	Amendment 12	State legislative term limits	Limit individuals to eight years in either the Missouri House or Senate, or a total of sixteen years in both, excluding service prior to the amendment's effective date	a	1,610,311 (75%)	535,562 (25%)
CICA	Amendment 13	Federal government issues; Congressional term limits	Limit Missouri’s U.S. senators to two terms and representatives to four terms, effective only if half of the states enact similar limits, with an expectation of voluntary compliance if found invalid	a	1,590,552 (74%)	558,299 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Toll roads; Bond issue requirements	Authorize the construction of toll roads and bridges, and allow toll authorities to issue bonds for design and construction of toll roads, which will not constitute a debt or liability to the state	d	906,887 (42%)	1,233,662 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Allow off-track wagering through simulcasting by licensed horse track operators	d	1,082,086 (50%)	1,085,336 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Crime victims' rights	Establish criminal victims' rights to be informed of and be present at criminal proceedings, right to restitution, right to protection from defendant, and right to be informed of escape or release of defendant	a	1,859,878 (85%)	315,702 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislative vote requirements; Budget stabilization funds	Create a Budget Stabilization Fund to address funding shortfalls, contingent on approval by a four-sevenths approval of both legislative houses	d	889,077 (44%)	1,148,531 (56%)
LRSS	Proposition A	Gambling policy	Authorize riverboat gambling on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, with regulation by the State Tourism Commission, and limit a $500 maximum loss limit per person per excursion	a	1,397,750 (62%)	839,568 (38%)
LRSS	Proposition C	State executive powers and duties; Administrative organization	Assign additional duties to the Lieutenant Governor, including serving on Tourism, Economic Development, Fund Commissioners, and Educational Programs Boards, and establish office of advocacy and assistance for elderly	a	1,427,801 (67%)	693,411 (33%)

August 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 11	Gambling policy; Tax and revenue administration; Public education funding	Require that all net state lottery and gaming proceeds be used exclusively for public education, exclude them from total state revenues under Article 10, and require a change in procedure for ticket sales to be changed by law	a	818,879 (78%)	233,408 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Local government finance and taxes; Earthquake infrastructure; Bond issue requirements	Permit local governments and school districts, with voter approval, to increase bonded indebtedness by 5% of taxable property value for earthquake-resistant public building upgrades	d	454,832 (43%)	597,647 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Property taxes; Public education funding; Ballot measure process	Increase the maximum property tax rate school districts can adopt without a vote and increase the maximum property tax rate with a simple majority approval; and, raise the authorized rate from $1.25 to $2.00 per $100 assessed valuation	d	345,315 (33%)	712,838 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Local government finance and taxes; Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges	Reallocate 5% of new motor fuel tax revenues from state road projects to counties and the City of St. Louis	a	532,472 (51%)	506,998 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Revenue and spending limits; Property taxes	Limit commercial property surcharge levies to 1992 levels with inflation and construction adjustments	d	453,771 (46%)	522,541 (54%)

1991

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition B	School class size policy; Public education funding; Public education governance; Public school teachers and staff; Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Higher education governance; Higher education funding; Sales taxes; Business taxes	Increase some taxes and allocate new funding for higher education, K–12 education, and job training programs	d	304,049 (33%)	623,060 (67%)

1990

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Proposition A	Administrative organization; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Establish a Natural Streams System, regulated by a Natural Streams Commission, to protect designated waterways, implement management plans with local input, and fund administration through user fees and state revenue	d	320,958 (25%)	969,082 (75%)

August 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy; Business regulations	Revise membership requirements for participating in bingo operations and remove the advertising restrictions	d	342,131 (47%)	380,573 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issue requirements; Local government organization; Public economic investment policy	Authorize the legislature to create neighborhood improvement districts where residents can vote to incur limited debt for public improvements	a	370,788 (52%)	348,176 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Local government finance and taxes; Ballot measure process	Require a four-sevenths majority to approve certain operating levies on municipal, primary, and general election dates while retaining a two-thirds majority on others	d	358,088 (50%)	359,449 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative organization; Insurance policy	Establish a state department of insurance with a consumer affairs office, replacing the Missouri division of insurance, with duties to be prescribed by law	a	376,290 (53%)	329,293 (47%)

1988

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative vote requirements; State legislative processes and sessions	Authorize a shortened length of annual legislative sessions, require budget completion a week before session ends, and allow special sessions with a three-fourths petition signed by members of each house	a	1,421,973 (78%)	406,250 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Sewage and stormwater; Bond issues; Drinking water systems	Authorize an of issue $275 million of bonds to fund water pollution and storm water projects and to improve the drinking water system	a	1,235,023 (67%)	600,751 (33%)
ABR	Amendment 7	Sales taxes; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	Extend a one-tenth of one percent sales tax for ten years to fund soil and water conservation and state parks	a	1,263,644 (69%)	576,790 (31%)
CICA	Amendment 8	Restricted-use funds; Public health insurance; Income taxes	Create a public health insurance program called MedAssist	d	550,974 (29%)	1,372,102 (71%)

August 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Increase lottery prize funding, clarify the lottery commission's duties, and remove advertising restrictions	a	470,795 (57%)	350,745 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education funding; Bond issue requirements; Public economic investment policy; Highways and bridges; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Require a four-sevenths majority vote to approve bond issues for the construction and maintenance schools, roads, bridges, and job developmental projects on municipal, primary, and general election days, and only require a two-thirds majority vote on other election dates	a	464,237 (56%)	361,134 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Business regulations	Allow shareholders to decide a corporation's business purpose and stock voting rules	a	549,262 (70%)	237,106 (30%)

March 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Business regulations	Authorize corporations to hold investment real estate, eliminate mandatory cumulative voting, and hold corporate indebtedness to general law standards	d	402,157 (50%)	403,309 (50%)

1987

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition A	Fees, licenses, and charges; Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges	Fund road and bridge repairs through increased truck fees, administrative cost limits, and a $0.04 fuel tax increase	a	459,760 (56%)	359,215 (44%)

1986

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issue requirements; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize cities and counties to issue bonds for public improvements within a special district with the approval of a petition of two-thirds of property owners within that district, and levy a tax on district property owners to repay bonds	d	594,117 (46%)	687,978 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Local government finance and taxes; Bond issue requirements	Allow two or more Missouri municipalities, as members of a statewide commission, to jointly issue revenue bonds for construction projects	a	665,135 (55%)	535,932 (45%)

August 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive powers and duties; State legislative processes and sessions	Authorize any bill not signed, vetoed, or returned by the governor within the set time period will become law	a	378,960 (54%)	324,522 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Budget stabilization funds; Tax and revenue administration	Establish a cash operating reserve fund in the state treasury, and allow money transfers and investments without impacting the total state funds	a	423,712 (61%)	269,903 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials	Limit county officials' compensation to amounts set by law or authorized authorities, with fiscal effects depending on actions taken by the General Assembly or county governments after adoption	a	473,135 (70%)	205,945 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State executive powers and duties; Tax and revenue administration	Allow the state treasurer custody of state funds, allow investment of non-state funds, and authorize investment in long-term federal obligations	a	411,294 (60%)	274,975 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gambling policy	Clarify the horse racing amendment, authorize local options, allow legal changes, and may increase the number of tracks in Missouri, potentially generating future revenues without immediate impact on state or local finances	a	410,889 (58%)	292,863 (42%)

1984

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public employee retirement funds	Permit local government retirement systems to grant cost-of-living adjustments to retirees, provided the system remains financially stable, with local governments deciding the costs based on benefits and funding methods	a	1,144,445 (62%)	715,076 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Civil service; Private health insurance	Authorize health insurance benefits for the dependents of public employees	a	918,596 (50%)	917,812 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Gambling policy	Authorize a state lottery and require the legislature to set regulations and allocate funds, with all costs covered by lottery revenue	a	1,369,910 (70%)	590,648 (30%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Administrative organization; Gambling policy	Authorize pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing, establish the Missouri Horse Racing Commission, allocate funds to the Commission and various programs, allow counties to ban wagering, and require the state to cover initial costs until wagering revenues are generated	a	1,157,664 (60%)	771,437 (40%)
CISS	Proposition B	Nuclear energy; Business regulations; Utility policy	Limit what costs electric companies can pass on to consumers, including unapproved nuclear waste disposal	d	650,895 (33%)	1,317,444 (67%)

August 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Sales taxes	a	425,148 (50%)	423,449 (50%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 4	Bond issue requirements; Local government finance and taxes; Property taxes	d	330,325 (41%)	466,271 (59%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 6	Administrative organization	a	491,769 (61%)	316,479 (39%)

1982

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 10	State judicial authority; Criminal sentencing	Authorize the Supreme Court to not review every term of life imprisonment	a	756,042 (57%)	563,482 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Local government finance and taxes; Bond issue requirements	Authorize a four-sevenths vote instead of two-thirds for bond measures in Clay, Jackson, Platte, St. Louis county, St. Louis city, and school districts and local government areas in those counties	d	495,430 (39%)	764,872 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	State judicial authority; Redistricting policy	Require the State senate reapportionment commission to hold hearings and file plan for new districts the same as the house apportionment commission, and authorize the Supreme Court to appoint judges to draw districts if either commissions does not complete the task	a	724,225 (57%)	544,691 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative authority; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Prohibit change of laws by regulation and authorize legislature to invalidate administrative regulations	d	497,341 (39%)	792,329 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize cities and counties to provide for periodical cost of living increases in retirement benefits	d	667,728 (49%)	684,327 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Redistricting policy	Establish a process for selecting a congressional redistricting commission to redraw district boundaries after each U.S. census and outline its procedures	d	581,210 (44%)	729,031 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Healthcare governance; State legislative authority; Civil service	Authorize the legislature to provide medical benefits for dependents of state officers and employees, and authorize legislature to allow local governments to provide similar benefits for their public employees	d	523,225 (39%)	815,153 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Fuel taxes; Transportation taxes and fees	Authorize a fixed fee or tax for motor vehicles instead of a tax on fuel	d	591,270 (45%)	734,594 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State constitutional conventions	Establish the process for selecting delegates if voters approve a Missouri constitutional convention	d	496,888 (39%)	790,062 (61%)
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Authorize a Missouri Constitutional Convention	d	406,446 (30%)	927,056 (70%)
LRSS	Proposition B	Highways and bridges; Fuel taxes	Refer a $0.04 per gallon motor fuel fee increase to fund road and bridge maintenance	d	492,283 (35%)	905,289 (65%)
CISS	Proposition C	Sales taxes; Property taxes; Highways and bridges; Public education funding	Increase sales and use taxes by $0.01 per $1.00 to fund schools and highways, reduce school property taxes by half of the additional sales tax revenue, and amend the school aid formula	a	757,756 (53%)	667,190 (47%)
CISS	Proposition D	Business regulations; Utility policy	Authorize the creation of consumers' utility organizations with the purpose of representing utility customers' interest in Public Service Commission proceedings, and require utilities to collect voluntary membership dies and mail materials	d	513,247 (39%)	815,973 (61%)

August 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property taxes; Revenue and spending limits; Ballot measure process; Public education funding	Establish a maximum school tax rate which may be implemented without voter approval and authorize a raising the school tax rate by a simple majority vote	d	332,782 (36%)	598,359 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Property tax exemptions; Homestead tax exemptions; Property taxes	Allow real estate to be included for tax purposes, exempts merchant and manufacturer inventories with compensation through a countywide commercial property tax, and grants a homestead exemption for homeowners	a	580,720 (64%)	328,652 (36%)

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Proposition A	Vehicle and driver regulations; Land use and development policy; Highways and bridges	Refer a law to allow longer and heavier trucks on Missouri highways, and to extend metropolitan commercial zones	d	405,471 (47%)	463,585 (53%)

1980

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	Authorize organizations to conduct bingo games, subject to certain restrictions	a	1,338,272 (71%)	533,458 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Public land policy; Revenue allocation	Allocate funds from the one-eighth cent sales tax for payments of commission lands and forest cropland	a	1,152,704 (66%)	603,181 (34%)
CICA	Amendment 5	Property taxes; Revenue and spending limits; Tax and revenue administration; Local government finance and taxes	Limit state taxes to annual income-based adjustments or emergencies, require voter approval for local tax increases, and prohibit unfunded state mandates on local governments	a	1,002,935 (55%)	807,187 (45%)
CISS	Proposition 11	Nuclear energy	Prohibit the operation of nuclear power plants unless federally approved sites for permanent radioactive waste storage exist	d	772,597 (39%)	1,201,821 (61%)

1979

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sewage and stormwater; Bond issues	Authorize an issuance of a maximum of $200,000,000 in bonds to fund sewage treatment facilities	a	437,345 (70%)	187,463 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Restricted-use funds; Administrative organization; Transportation taxes and fees; Highways and bridges	Authorize a consolidation of the highway and transportation departments, change distribution of road funds, and require that one-half of existing sales tax on motor vehicles and any future increase in vehicle license fees be used to fund road and transportation purposes	a	455,943 (74%)	163,937 (26%)

1978

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 10	Ballot measure process; Property taxes; Tax and revenue administration; Local government finance and taxes; Highways and bridges	Authorize counties to levy additional taxes to fund road and bridge maintenance	a	660,089 (51%)	645,948 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Public land policy; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Revenue allocation	Designate revenue from the conservation commission’s one-eighth cent sales tax to pay for commission lands acquired after July 1, 1977, and forest cropland, instead of taxes	d	588,622 (46%)	700,301 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	State legislative authority; Local government finance and taxes; Property taxes	Authorize the General Assembly to require local governments to reduce rates of levy for taxes	a	870,606 (67%)	437,017 (33%)
CICA	Amendment 23	Right-to-work laws	Prohibit the denial of the right to work for any employer based on membership status or payment of charges to any labor organization	d	631,829 (40%)	948,387 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issue requirements; Local government finance and taxes; Public economic investment policy; Airport infrastructure; Utility policy	Authorize counties to issue with approval of a majority vote utility or airport revenue bonds, and authorize county and local governments to issue industrial development revenue bonds	a	695,380 (53%)	612,717 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public economic investment policy; Utility policy; Airport infrastructure; Bond issue requirements	Authorize officers established by contract with municipalities or political subdivisions to issue revenue bonds for utility, industrial, and airport purposes with the approval of the voters	a	705,238 (54%)	612,765 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gambling policy	Permit lottery as a game of chance where nothing of value is exchanged for an opportunity to receive a prize	a	1,012,061 (73%)	379,677 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Election administration and governance	Authorize the board of state canvassers to have an earlier time for canvass of votes for each general election	a	775,781 (61%)	503,536 (39%)

August 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government organization	Authorize a county with a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more to adopt a charter form of government	a	473,755 (57%)	364,355 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive powers and duties	Revise the state treasurer's duties with investment of state funds and authorizes the legislature to assign other duties to the treasurer	d	295,849 (34%)	585,052 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Redistricting policy	Authorize an appointed commission of appellate judges to draw state legislative districts	d	333,911 (40%)	490,684 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public employee retirement funds	Require a cost analysis by a qualified actuary before approving substantial changes to public officials' and employees' retirement benefits, with cost estimates pending legislative action	a	451,327 (54%)	378,231 (46%)
CICA	Amendment 5	Local government finance and taxes; Fuel taxes	Increase the gas tax from $0.07 to $0.10 a gallon and increase the the counties' share of net proceeds from 5% to 7%	d	112,425 (12%)	803,936 (88%)

1976

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Sales taxes; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	Enact a 1/8 of 1% sales tax to fund conservation projects	a	901,535 (51%)	873,421 (49%)
CICA	Amendment 2	Food and beverage taxes; Sales taxes; Food policy	Prohibit the taxation on food purchased at stores and medical drugs and devices	d	742,627 (43%)	970,560 (57%)
CISS	Proposition 1	Business regulations; Utility policy	Prohibit electricity charges based on construction costs for facilities not in operation or property of an electrical corporation, allowing such charges for 90 days after the law's effective date	a	1,132,664 (63%)	663,486 (37%)

August 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Forestry and timber; Property tax exemptions	Eliminate the 25-year limit on laws that allow partial tax reductions for land used for forestry purposes	a	623,883 (60%)	411,169 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Election administration and governance	Repeal provision that requires each election ballot be assigned a number and recorded with the voter's name	a	614,154 (58%)	437,826 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public economic investment policy; Bond issue requirements; Utility policy; Airport infrastructure	Authorize counties with a voter approval to issue utility or airport revenue bonds, and authorize counties and town without voter approval to issue industrial development revenue bonds	d	393,266 (38%)	639,645 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administrative powers and rulemaking; State legislative authority	Allow the Missouri legislature to revoke administrative rules and regulations by concurrent resolution without requiring the Governor's approval	d	318,567 (32%)	690,114 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional wording changes; Public education governance; Race and ethnicity issues	Repeal the authorization of segregated schools	a	598,897 (58%)	442,103 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judiciary structure; State judicial authority; Local government officials and elections; State judicial selection	Restructure the judiciary by redefining court jurisdictions, create associate circuit judges, modifying the nonpartisan court plan and judicial retirement rules, abolishing constables and St. Louis City prosecuting attorney, and integrating municipal courts into circuit courts	a	518,521 (52%)	485,536 (48%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Public education governance	Allow state funding for certain services and materials in private schools, including support for individuals with disabilities, secular textbooks, and student transportation	d	463,198 (40%)	684,818 (60%)

1974

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Voting age policy	Allow people 18 years old and older to register and vote in elections	a	776,377 (78%)	218,769 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Utility policy; Airport infrastructure; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Bond issue requirements; Public economic investment policy	Allow local governments to issue general obligation bonds for industrial plants with two-thirds voter approval and revenue bonds for utilities, industrial plants, and airports with simple majority approval	a	579,275 (65%)	313,028 (35%)
CISS	Proposition 1	Campaign finance; Election administration and governance	Establish new campaign finance and election laws, limit contributions and expenditures, require financial disclosures, create a bipartisan election commission, and enforce penalties for violations	a	751,078 (77%)	219,584 (23%)

1972

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property tax exemptions; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the Missouri General Assembly to exempt certain personal and real property from taxation, provide financial relief to elderly renters, and compensate local governments for lost revenue	a	1,241,633 (82%)	273,213 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions	Allow the Missouri General Assembly to prioritize bills returned by the Governor five days or less before the session ends in odd-numbered years for the next session and to reconvene for up to ten days in even-numbered years to reconsider them	a	940,643 (75%)	320,673 (25%)

1970

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative processes and sessions; Open meetings and public information	Establish annual legislative sessions, ban secret final votes, allow reconvening to consider vetoed bills, and permit hiring more legislative employees	a	511,296 (50%)	502,589 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government organization; Ballot measure process	Allow citizens of charter counties to determine, through charter amendments, what services the county government may provide countywide	a	575,371 (57%)	430,849 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Local government finance and taxes	Increase the maximum property tax rate that local governments with valuations under $1.2 billion may levy without voter approval from 50 to 75 cents per $100 valuation.	d	311,196 (30%)	717,099 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property taxes; Public education funding	Authorize that a school district's tax rate remains the last voter-approved rate unless an increase is rejected, while allowing the school board to levy a lower rate	a	587,657 (58%)	433,025 (42%)
VR	Proposition 1	Public employee retirement funds	Refer a law that increases State employees' retirement benefits and establishes a separate, State-funded retirement system for legislators and elected State officers	d	217,133 (22%)	769,378 (78%)

August 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State executive elections	Allow the state treasurer to be elected twice unless they served more than two years of another's treasures incomplete term	a	301,345 (52%)	279,319 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Toll roads; Highways and bridges	Authorize the State Highway Commission to build and operate toll roads, using state highway revenue to guarantee toll road bonds	d	174,989 (29%)	423,942 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Age limits for officials; State judicial authority; State judiciary structure; State judiciary oversight	Establish a Court of Appeals with districts, modify the Supreme Court of Missouri’s exclusive jurisdiction, authorize court administration changes, create a judicial retirement and discipline commission, and mandate the retirement of judges at age seventy	a	320,047 (57%)	237,169 (43%)

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Proposition 1	Income taxes	Refer an existing income tax law and replace it with revised tax rates adopted from the federal income tax law	d	364,546 (44%)	468,597 (56%)

1968

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Sewage and stormwater; Athletics and sports; Bond issue requirements; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Highways and bridges	Decrease the voter approval thresholds for municipal bonds, allowing a 60% approval for general obligation bonds and a majority for revenue bonds, and expand the purposes for which municipalities can issue bonds to include sewer systems, stadiums, exhibition halls, and bridges	d	599,434 (50%)	609,612 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative authority; Income taxes	Allow the General Assembly to define taxable income based on United States laws while making exceptions or modifications and grants it authority to set the tax rate	a	616,856 (55%)	497,068 (45%)

August 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial authority; State executive powers and duties; State executive branch structure	Expand the gubernatorial line of succession to include the secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, and attorney general, and establish a board to determine the governor’s ability to serve, with the Supreme Court resolving disputes	a	469,776 (76%)	146,890 (24%)

1966

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government organization	Allow St. Louis County and St. Louis City to adopt a plan for partial or complete government unification and establish a process for selecting a board of freeholders	a	360,877 (50%)	357,128 (50%)

January 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize first class counties to provide death benefits, pensions, and retirement plans for salaried employees and their families, and allow the legislature to permit any local government or entity to establish similar retirement programs	a	217,116 (63%)	127,461 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes; Public education funding	Authorize school districts to levy a property tax at a rate limited to $1.25 per $100 valuation	a	195,798 (57%)	148,519 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Redistricting policy; State legislative structure	Establish the number of state representatives at 163 and authorize bipartisan commissions to create legislative districts, with the Missouri Supreme Court stepping in if the commissions fail	a	178,924 (52%)	165,395 (48%)

1965

August 17

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Executive official term limits	Limit a person to being elected Governor twice or only once if they have served more than two years of another person’s elected term	a	204,987 (73%)	75,968 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government finance and taxes	Authorize cities to sell, in addition to leasing, manufacturing and industrial development plants built with revenue bond proceeds	a	176,942 (65%)	94,882 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative processes and sessions; Redistricting policy; State legislative structure	Set the size of the state House and Senate	d	112,211 (41%)	160,568 (59%)

1962

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding; Property taxes	Increase the maximum tax rate for City of St. Louis school district and certain charter counties, and permit county school tax for certain charter counties	d	292,318 (36%)	527,611 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative authority; Administrative powers and rulemaking	Allow a legislative committee to review executive department regulations and permits the General Assembly to suspend them by resolution	d	255,981 (33%)	510,471 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government organization	Expand charter county powers beyond city limits and allow further expansion within municipalities and political subdivisions through contracts or countywide approval by majority vote	d	279,290 (36%)	503,208 (64%)
CICA	Amendment 4	Local government organization	Authorize the merge of St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and their municipalities (excluding school districts) into a unified government with charter authority and an initial governing framework	d	217,744 (26%)	633,011 (74%)
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Vote on a Missouri Constitutional Convention	d	295,972 (36%)	519,499 (64%)

March 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Fuel taxes; Revenue allocation; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the state, counties, and cities to enact a motor fuel tax with a two-third vote	a	380,573 (74%)	133,001 (26%)

1960

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Government continuity policy	Authorize the convening of the legislature with a temporary succession of all public officers in the state of disaster caused by an enemy attack	a	932,821 (79%)	245,143 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions; Salaries of government officials	Allow the Legislature to set member salaries by law, provides travel and expense reimbursements, and extends regular legislative sessions until July 15, with bill consideration ending June 30	a	576,104 (51%)	549,762 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Restricted-use funds	Authorize the extension of the special park fund and the spending of the fund on historical sites and state parks	a	730,554 (67%)	366,614 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local government finance and taxes; Ballot measure process; Debt limits; Public economic investment policy	Allow municipalities in counties with under 400,000 people to incur debt (up to 10% of taxable property value) by a two-thirds vote or issue revenue bonds by a four-sevenths vote to develop industrial plants for private leasing	a	553,003 (51%)	541,437 (49%)

1958

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Tax and revenue administration; Administrative organization	Allow a process to withdraw money from the state treasury	a	415,126 (56%)	329,232 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Residency voting requirements	Allow United States citizens who have lived in Missouri for more than 60 days to vote in the presidential election	a	561,413 (69%)	248,733 (31%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Business regulations; Banking policy	Allow banking institutions, with approval from the Commissioner of Finance, to establish branches within their home city, county, or certain urban areas with over 400,000 people and nearby territories	d	287,931 (30%)	677,539 (70%)

1957

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Authorize a salary of $300 per month for state legislators	d	192,856 (41%)	279,829 (59%)

1956

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative processes and sessions; Salaries of government officials	Revise legislative session dates, expense allowance of legislators, and authorize legislation to set legislators' salaries	d	357,333 (35%)	664,251 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Highways and bridges; Property taxes	Allow counties to levy a tax up to $0.50 per $100 valuation for roads and bridges, with an additional $0.35 if approved by voters	d	401,647 (40%)	613,015 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Tax and revenue administration	Authorize excess State Funds to be invested in short term United States obligations or interest bearing time deposit	a	722,774 (71%)	295,259 (29%)

January 24

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Public assistance programs; Public education funding	Issue $75 million in bonds to construct and maintain state eleemosynary and educational institutions	a	114,570 (71%)	46,609 (29%)

1955

October 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Referendum 1	Public education funding; Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Tobacco laws	Refer a law that enacts a tax of one mill per cigarette to fund the State School Moneys Fund	a	230,851 (71%)	95,717 (29%)
LRSS	Referendum 2	Public school teachers and staff; Public education funding; Property taxes	Enact the Foundation Plan, a proposed state education funding law	a	247,639 (77%)	74,286 (23%)

1952

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials; State legislative processes and sessions	Limit the legislative session to five months for a regular session and sixty days for a special session, and authorize a payment of $10 per day in attendance for General Assembly members' daily expenses	a	638,147 (59%)	440,674 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issue requirements; Public education funding; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Authorize school districts to become indebted up to 10% valuation of taxable property with an approval of two-thirds majority vote	a	686,025 (60%)	448,394 (40%)

1950

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding; Property taxes; Ballot measure process	Authorize school taxes to be increased up to three times the limit by majority vote for two years in cities over 75,000 and one year in other districts	a	616,337 (58%)	451,299 (42%)

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Amendment 1	Highways and bridges; Fuel taxes	Refer a law that increases the motor fuel license tax from two to four cents per gallon to fund highway construction and maintenance, allocates part of the revenue to state rural roads based on county population and area, under the supervision of the State Highway Commission with bipartisan advisory input	d	179,094 (25%)	528,201 (75%)

1948

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges; Local government finance and taxes	Increase the motor vehicle fuel tax to fund road maintenance, and abolish the municipal motor vehicle fuel tax	d	462,323 (40%)	694,960 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize cities with a population of 40,000 inhabitants or more to enact a pension for employees and their families	d	542,414 (53%)	480,507 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Veterans policy; Sales taxes	Provide a bonus of maximum $400 to Missouri residents who served in the armed force of the United States between December 7, 1941 to September 1, 1945, and which will be paid when the fund amounts to $135,000,000 funded by a 1% sales tax	d	440,159 (41%)	629,586 (59%)

1946

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Provide a payment of $5 per day in attendance for Senators and Representatives' expenses	d	312,941 (42%)	437,487 (58%)

1945

February 27

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	State Constitution Ratification Measure	State constitution ratification	Ratify the state's fourth constitution, the Missouri Constitution of 1945	a	312,032 (63%)	185,658 (37%)

1944

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government finance and taxes; Public education funding	Enact a law authorizing legislation that regulates the time and manner of investment, use, or disbursement of revenue and income of county free public school fund	a	444,104 (56%)	347,984 (44%)
CICA	Amendment 2	State legislative structure	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to establish a unicameral legislature with 50 to 75 members, an annual salary range of $1200 to $1800	d	364,794 (48%)	401,900 (52%)

1942

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government finance and taxes; Property taxes; Public education funding	Authorize a tax to fund school maintenance in counties with a population more than 200,000 inhabitants and less than 450,000 inhabitants	a	477,275 (73%)	179,278 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes; Local government finance and taxes	Allow counties with assessed valuations between $6 million and $10 million to levy the same property tax rate as other counties	a	396,828 (61%)	253,953 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries of government officials	Repeal Sections 16, 21 and 22, Article IV and enact a new section to set the monthly salary for General Assembly members at $125.00	a	341,855 (56%)	264,618 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judicial selection	Repeal the nonpartisan court plan adopted two years earlier	d	216,554 (36%)	389,065 (64%)

1940

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Authorize the compensation of General Assembly members to $125 per month	d	418,119 (42%)	574,478 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions	Repeal Section 41, and enact a new section to establish a revision of statutes every 10 years starting in 1949	d	445,104 (47%)	506,568 (53%)
CICA	Amendment 3	State judicial selection	Establish a non-partisan system for the nomination, appointment, and election of judges	a	535,642 (55%)	445,194 (45%)
CICA	Amendment 4	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process	Change the basis for calculating the signature requirement for initiative petitions from the number of votes cast for supreme court judge to the number of votes cast for governor	d	456,546 (48%)	492,564 (52%)
CICA	Amendment 5	Administrative powers and rulemaking; Fisheries and fishing regulations; Hunting regulations	Repeal the existing wildlife and forestry code, including regulations established by the Conservation Commission, and reinstate the fish and game laws as they existed prior to June 30, 1936	d	359,628 (34%)	709,421 (66%)
CICA	Amendment 6	Fees, licenses, and charges; Highways and bridges; Transportation taxes and fees	Establish permanent motor vehicle license fees at the current rate to fund road maintenance	d	258,660 (26%)	737,932 (74%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Transportation taxes and fees; Local government finance and taxes; Fuel taxes	Reduce motor vehicle license fees, which fund rural road maintenance, and abolish municipal gasoline taxes	d	416,322 (40%)	636,928 (60%)

1938

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase the compensation for General Assembly members	d	336,769 (38%)	560,500 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive elections	Allow the State Treasurer to be re-elected as their own successor	d	288,457 (33%)	590,951 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government finance and taxes; Healthcare facility funding; Property taxes	Authorize the county courts to levy special tax to fund county hospitals	d	303,602 (35%)	567,337 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public assistance programs	Establish a pension for people over 65 years of age	a	689,423 (68%)	321,481 (32%)
CICA	Amendment 6	Fuel taxes; Restricted-use funds; Highways and bridges	Establish a motor fuel tax and assign authority to General Assembly and State Highway Commission	d	490,622 (48%)	536,675 (52%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Public assistance programs; State legislative processes and sessions; Salaries of government officials; Property taxes; State legislative elections; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Banking policy	Enact various legislative changes, including redistricting, lawmaker qualifications and compensation, bond issuance, revenue allocation for schools and state parks, rural road expansion, public pensions, and initiative and referendum provisions with exceptions for legislative emergencies	d	242,431 (28%)	628,454 (72%)
CICA	Amendment 8	Property taxes; Tax and revenue administration	Change tax assessment, allocate bond funds, eliminate local property taxes on motor vehicles	d	226,044 (26%)	629,351 (74%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Local government officials and elections; Law enforcement officers and departments	Allow sheriffs and coroners to succeed themselves in office	d	317,134 (36%)	561,077 (64%)
VR	Proposition 5	Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges	Repeal statues relating to the motor vehicle fuel tax, and enacting legislation to levy a $0.03 motor vehicle fuel tax to fund the construction of the State Highway system	d	245,195 (27%)	664,150 (73%)

1936

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Authorize a salary of $125 per month and $1 per 10 miles traveled for General Assembly members	d	482,169 (42%)	654,224 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public employee retirement funds	Authorize pensions for firemen and for their families	a	642,458 (56%)	509,699 (44%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Public employee retirement funds; Public school teachers and staff	Authorize public funds to be used for retirement, disability, or death benefits for individuals employed in educational services	a	659,034 (56%)	515,046 (44%)
CICA	Amendment 4	Game and fish commissions; Administrative powers and rulemaking; Administrative organization; Forestry and timber	Establish the Missouri Conservation Commission	a	879,213 (71%)	351,962 (29%)

1934

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Salaries of government officials	Authorize members of the General Assembly to receive an annual salary not exceeding $1,000, and providing $30 for travel expenses	d	356,782 (44%)	455,892 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Local government organization; Local government officials and elections	Authorize the City of St. Louis to include in the charter an election of a chief executive	a	394,657 (51%)	381,736 (49%)
CICA	Proposition 3	Public employee retirement funds; Public school teachers and staff	Allow public funds to be used for retirement, disability, or death benefits for teachers	d	394,295 (48%)	422,511 (52%)

May 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public assistance programs; Bond issues; Prison and jail funding	Authorize $10 million in bonds to be issued to fund construction of buildings in the state	a	288,195 (63%)	166,607 (37%)

1932

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Public assistance programs	Authorize the Legislature to enact a law that creates a pension for people over 70 year old who are unable to work and are without financial support	a	988,594 (78%)	275,297 (22%)
CICA	Proposition 2	State legislative processes and sessions	Limit each House of the General Assembly to 75 employees, require printed copies of amended bills before final approval, mandate a general law revision every 10 years beginning in 1939, and restrict legislative activity after 70 days to specific bills	a	990,088 (84%)	191,092 (16%)
CICA	Proposition 3	State executive powers and duties	Require the Governor to submit an itemized executive budget to the General Assembly within 15 days of its convening and authorize the Governor to approve or veto specific items in appropriation bills, except for public school funding, with objections and reasons submitted to the originating House or the Secretary of State	a	931,429 (81%)	213,676 (19%)

1930

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase General Assembly members' compensation for limited session days, regulate committee expenses and House employees, require incorporation of amendments in pending bills before passage, and establish a legislative revision program every ten years	d	218,812 (37%)	376,233 (63%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Property tax exemptions	Exempt from taxation all debt accrued for real estate loans where the borrower's total cost does not exceed 5% per year	d	211,858 (36%)	371,473 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Bond issue requirements; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize the payment of public utility bonds and other general bonds to be complete within fifty years for cities with a population of 5,000 or more inhabitants	d	178,835 (32%)	378,680 (68%)
CISS	Proposition 4	Workers' compensation laws	Amend the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1927 by removing a section regarding employers' liability insurance and implementing new sections establishing the Missouri Compensation Fund Administration	d	155,909 (25%)	466,982 (75%)
CICA	Proposition 5	Local government organization	Allow by vote the adoption of a new charter for the city of St. Louis and St. Louis county to create a City of Greater St. Louis, which will address government functions but also preserve the municipality governments in this area	d	218,381 (37%)	375,718 (63%)
CICA	Proposition 6	Eminent domain policy	Allow for the taking of private lands to be utilized for public purposes	d	176,268 (31%)	396,176 (69%)
CICA	Proposition 7	Law enforcement officers and departments; Local government officials and elections	Allow county sheriffs and coroners to succeed themselves	d	254,385 (43%)	340,836 (57%)

1928

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to increase General Assembly members' compensation, regulate their expenses and sessions, adjust state revenue provisions, set July 1 as the fiscal year's start, outline appropriation procedures, and repeal certain sections	d	446,063 (42%)	620,367 (58%)
CISS	Proposition 2	Public employee retirement funds; Law enforcement officers and departments	Enact a law to establish a police pension system for cities with at least 500,000 inhabitants, funded by officer salary assessments, fees, donations, and public funds, and provide benefits to veteran, disabled, and deceased officers' families	d	535,535 (48%)	576,169 (52%)
CICA	Proposition 3	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Authorize a bond issue of $75,000,000 to fund construction of state highways	a	670,299 (57%)	503,861 (43%)

1926

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Proposition 1	Workers' compensation laws	Refer the Workmen's Compensation law that provided compensation to injured workers, defined the rights of injured workers and determining the amount of compensation, and established a Commission to administer the law	d	160,645 (21%)	612,392 (79%)
CICA	Proposition 2	Law enforcement officers and departments; Public employee retirement funds	Authorize legislation allowing cities establish a pension system for police officer and their families	a	523,634 (65%)	277,450 (35%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Alcohol laws	Repeal laws that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcohol	d	294,388 (34%)	569,931 (66%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Workers' compensation laws	Enact a new Workmen's Compensation system, establishing rights, liabilities, compensation methods, an oversight commission, and repealing the existing law	a	561,898 (69%)	251,882 (31%)

1924

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary structure; State judicial authority; Salaries of government officials	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to establish the salaries of Supreme Court Judges, add two additional Supreme Court Judges, and establish the powers and procedures of the Supreme Court	d	331,774 (39%)	526,553 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State constitutional conventions; Election administration and governance	Increase the signature requirement for ballot initiatives	d	326,065 (39%)	511,152 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government organization	Establish a system to amend the St. Louis City Charter and adopt a new city charter	d	391,346 (47%)	436,520 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials; Ethics rules and commissions	Authorize a regulation of member of the General Assembly's salaries and expenses, and prohibit the appointment relatives of members of the General Assembly	d	392,319 (46%)	459,599 (54%)
CICA	Amendment 6	Workers' compensation laws	Enact a law to establish a worker's compensation for those injured in industrial accidents	d	262,948 (27%)	695,537 (73%)
CICA	Proposition 5	Highways and bridges; Fuel taxes; Transportation taxes and fees	Enact a 50% increase in motor vehicle fees and a $0.02 per gallon tax on gasoline to fund state highway construction and maintenance	a	742,836 (68%)	348,007 (32%)
CICA	Proposition 7	Local government organization	Authorize the consolidation of the city of St. Louis and St. Louis county governments and territories into one legal subdivision of the State	d	477,776 (55%)	385,516 (45%)
CICA	Proposition 8	Religion-related policy; Property tax exemptions	Authorize an exemption from taxation on property used for religious worship or nonprofit work	d	427,691 (48%)	461,031 (52%)

February 26

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Amendment 1	Religion-related policy; Business regulations	Expand the purposes for which religious corporations could be established	d	168,553 (50%)	170,683 (50%)
CCRCA	Amendment 10	Primary election systems	Amend the Missouri State Constitution which allows political parties the option to nominate a candidate for office by either a primary election or by convention of delegates	d	122,604 (37%)	205,937 (63%)
CCRCA	Amendment 11	Local government organization	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to reorganize government administration for counties, cities, and towns	d	154,873 (48%)	171,166 (52%)
CCRCA	Amendment 12	Revenue and spending limits; Local government finance and taxes	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to revise limitations of taxing power and allows cities to utilize revolving funds to finance local improvements	d	139,704 (42%)	193,317 (58%)
CCRCA	Amendment 13	Property taxes; Transportation taxes and fees; State legislative authority	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to authorize the General Assembly to utilize an option in the method of taxing property, and implement fees and general property tax for motor vehicle registrations	d	113,123 (34%)	216,985 (66%)
CCRCA	Amendment 14	Administrative organization	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to abolish the ex officio State Board of Equalization	d	121,028 (37%)	203,711 (63%)
CCRCA	Amendment 15	Public education funding; Public education governance	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to establish an elected State Board of Education, an appointed Commissioner of Education, revises age of children who are entitled to free education, and allows for investment of State and county school funds	d	114,022 (34%)	221,994 (66%)
CCRCA	Amendment 16	Railways; Business regulations; Banking policy	Allow legal discounts on corporate notes and bonds, revise requirements for issuing preferred stock, and update regulations for railway companies regarding freight and passenger transport	d	148,792 (46%)	176,822 (54%)
CCRCA	Amendment 17	Military service policy; State National Guard and militia	Remove exemption from military service, authorize elections and appointments of militia officers, and modify provision for forming companies	d	143,223 (44%)	183,958 (56%)
CCRCA	Amendment 18	Ethics rules and commissions	Prohibit public officers or employees from appointing relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity to public positions	a	163,729 (50%)	161,643 (50%)
CCRCA	Amendment 19	Bond issue requirements; Sewage and stormwater	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to authorize Kansas City to issue bonds for public improvements and assume the cost of construction of sewer systems	a	178,311 (55%)	147,953 (45%)
CCRCA	Amendment 2	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process	Increase the signature requirement for ballot initiatives	d	123,811 (38%)	204,881 (62%)
CCRCA	Amendment 20	Ballot measure process; State constitutional conventions	Revise the requirement for publishing of proposed amendments to the Constitution	d	155,283 (48%)	168,477 (52%)
CCRCA	Amendment 21	Constitutional wording changes	Provide a transitional schedule to implement any approved constitutional amendments	d	167,478 (51%)	157,992 (49%)
CCRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative processes and sessions; Salaries of government officials; Workers' compensation laws; Public assistance programs; Redistricting policy	Change legislative and redistricting processes and authorize certain public assistance laws	d	137,430 (42%)	190,911 (58%)
CCRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issues; Veterans policy	Amend the Missouri State Constitution authorize $4.6 million in bonds to be issued to fund deficiencies in bonus payments for veterans of World War I	a	201,218 (60%)	135,234 (40%)
CCRCA	Amendment 5	Healthcare governance	Require the General Assembly to provide for "the safeguarding and promotion of the public health"	d	139,837 (42%)	189,261 (58%)
CCRCA	Amendment 6	State executive branch structure; State legislative processes and sessions; State executive powers and duties	Reorganize the executive branch of the state government and establish a new budget process	d	139,154 (42%)	190,524 (58%)
CCRCA	Amendment 7	State judicial selection; State legislative authority; Election administration and governance; Salaries of government officials; State judicial authority; State judiciary structure	Revise the judicial system by establishing a Judicial Council, changing court structure and judge assignments, adjusting jurisdiction and election rules, and granting the legislature authority over court organization and compensation	d	128,808 (39%)	202,814 (61%)
CCRCA	Amendment 8	State legislative vote requirements; Impeachment rules	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to implement impeachment proceedings for the proposed State Board of Education, and require two-thirds of the State Senate members to vote in impeachment proceedings	a	163,642 (50%)	162,440 (50%)
CCRCA	Amendment 9	Election administration and governance; Citizenship voting requirements	Require that foreign-born individuals must complete the full naturalization process and become U.S. citizens before being eligible to vote	a	175,580 (53%)	152,713 (47%)

1922

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase the pay of General Assembly members from $5 per 70 days to $10 per 100 days	d	235,045 (34%)	454,020 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes; Sex and gender issues	Remove the word 'male' from the state constitution's suffrage provision	a	383,499 (56%)	299,404 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Highways and bridges; Transportation taxes and fees	Authorize the motor vehicle license fees to fund road maintenance from motor vehicle license fees after principal and interest of road bonds is paid	a	484,884 (68%)	233,379 (32%)
VR	Proposition 10	State judiciary structure	Refer a law that abolishes the 38 judicial circuit and Sturgeon Court of Common Pleas and creates 34 new judicial circuits	d	247,484 (39%)	394,637 (61%)
VR	Proposition 11	Workers' compensation laws; Administrative organization	Refer a law that establishes a workmen's compensation and creating a commission to administer it	d	288,384 (45%)	356,001 (55%)
VR	Proposition 12	Public education governance	Refer a law that established a county school district and a county board of education	d	291,157 (43%)	381,320 (57%)
VR	Proposition 13	Local government officials and elections; State judiciary structure	Refer a law that abolishes township justices of the peace in cities with populations between 100,000 and 300,000 and transfers their pending business to legally designated justices of the peace	d	234,288 (38%)	386,680 (62%)
VR	Proposition 14	State judicial authority; Salaries of government officials; State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Refer article IX, chapter 22, R. S. 1919, and enact a new article setting new eligibility standards, expanding justice court jurisdiction, establishing a presiding justice, requiring bonds, defining duties and powers, and setting salaries	d	232,704 (38%)	386,663 (62%)
LRSS	Proposition 15	Local government officials and elections; State judicial selection	Allow county court judges to appoint additional justices of the peace in certain municipalities	d	230,917 (37%)	386,315 (63%)
VR	Proposition 16	Local government officials and elections	Abolish the office of constable in certain townships	d	231,601 (38%)	382,915 (62%)
VR	Proposition 17	Redistricting policy	Repeal a law that divided Missouri into 16 congressional districts	d	240,340 (38%)	386,522 (62%)
CISS	Proposition 18	Workers' compensation laws; Tort law	Establish liability for personal injuries or death caused by another's wrongful act or negligence, replaces contributory negligence with comparative negligence, abolishes the fellow servant rule, limits the assumption of risk defense to jury decisions, holds employers liable for employee injuries caused by coworkers, and repeals the Workman's Compensation Act while regulating related legal proceedings	d	141,149 (20%)	561,882 (80%)
CISS	Proposition 19	Redistricting policy	Establish the apportionment of the state into Senatorial Districts from the previous United States census	d	227,000 (37%)	379,615 (63%)
LRSS	Proposition 4	Administrative organization	Establish a Department of Labor, consolidating the responsibilities and authority of various boards, commissions, and officers into the new department	d	257,987 (40%)	384,708 (60%)
VR	Proposition 5	Administrative organization; Tax and revenue administration	Refer a law that created a State Department of Budget	d	267,241 (42%)	375,676 (58%)
VR	Proposition 6	Administrative organization	Refer a law that abolished the office of State Inspector of Oils and transferring the authority to the Supervisor of Public Welfare	d	274,530 (42%)	383,370 (58%)
VR	Proposition 7	Alcohol laws; Administrative organization	Refer a law that abolished the office of State Beverage Inspector and transferring those duties to the Supervisor of Public Welfare	d	276,641 (43%)	365,406 (57%)
VR	Proposition 8	Public assistance programs; Administrative organization	Refer a law that created an office of Supervisor of Public Welfare and transferring the powers of the Food and Drug Commissioner to it	d	262,816 (41%)	371,812 (59%)
VR	Proposition 9	Administrative organization; Agriculture policy	Refer a law that created a Department of Agriculture	d	252,060 (40%)	378,181 (60%)

1921

August 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Election administration and governance; Constitutional wording changes; Sex and gender issues	Allow women to hold elected office in the state	a	159,230 (52%)	147,751 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Revenue allocation; Transportation taxes and fees; Highways and bridges; Bond issues	Authorize motor vehicle license fees be utilized to pay off the interest accumulated from the $60 million road bond issue	a	247,274 (81%)	59,776 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Veterans policy; Bond issues	Allow an incur of debt no more than $15 million and to enact a tax to fund that debt to provide bonuses for soldiers, sailors and marines	a	210,238 (68%)	100,131 (32%)
ACCQ	Proposition 1	State constitutional conventions	Initiate a convention to revise and amend the Missouri State Constitution	a	175,355 (58%)	127,130 (42%)

1920

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Authorize a revision of the General Assembly members' compensation from per diem to an annual salary of $1,000	d	320,406 (44%)	407,672 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State judiciary structure	Authorize an increase of the number of Supreme Court judges to nine and separate the court into three divisions with three judges per division	d	315,837 (46%)	369,077 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	Require the General Assembly to enact a law to allow qualified electors out of state serving in the military to vote absently	a	440,102 (61%)	279,490 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	State judiciary structure	Authorize an increase of the number of St. Louis court of appeals judges to six, and separate the court into two divisions, each with three judges	d	316,661 (47%)	355,401 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government organization	Authorize cities with a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants to frame and amend their charters in a simpler process than the one already established	a	385,656 (55%)	311,922 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Debt limits; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Utility policy; Bond issue requirements	Allow large cities to increase their bonded indebtedness, with approval by a two-thirds vote, in order to acquire public utilities through purchase, condemnation, or construction	a	368,651 (53%)	329,938 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local government finance and taxes; Ballot measure process; Property taxes; Highways and bridges	Authorize with voter approval a special levy, not to exceed $0.50 per $100 valuation, for road purposes	a	375,942 (52%)	340,665 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Property taxes; Public education funding	Allow school districts, with voter approval, to increase the property tax levy for school purposes from a maximum of 65 cents to 100 cents per $100 of assessed valuation	d	312,323 (44%)	398,279 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Issue $60 million in bonds for road construction	a	372,514 (52%)	339,021 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Local government finance and taxes; Debt limits; Utility policy	Authorize cities with a population of 30,000 inhabitants or less to incur additional debt to pay for waterworks, ice and light plants	a	381,794 (55%)	310,210 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public assistance programs; Property taxes	Enact a levy annual tax between $0.005 and $0.03 of $100 valuation to fund a pension for the blind	a	455,227 (61%)	295,788 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Veterans policy; Bond issues	Authorize an issuance of $1,000,000 in bonds to fund a soldiers' settlement fund	a	379,156 (52%)	348,749 (48%)
VR	Proposition 13	Alcohol laws	Refer a law that prohibits the manufacture, sale, advertisement, and transportation of intoxicating liquors with exceptions, enforces penalties, allows searches and nuisance abatement, and grants legal action against illegal liquor sellers	a	481,880 (53%)	420,581 (47%)
VR	Proposition 14	Workers' compensation laws	Refer a law that established a workmen's compensation	d	344,724 (48%)	376,651 (52%)
CICA	Proposition 15	Election administration and governance; State constitutional conventions	Establish an automatic process to periodically ask voters whether to hold a constitutional convention	a	175,355 (58%)	127,130 (42%)

1918

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property taxes; Public education funding	Allow school districts, with voter approval, to increase the property tax levy for school purposes from a maximum of 65 cents to 100 cents per $100 of assessed valuation	d	90,637 (23%)	297,118 (77%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes; Public education funding	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to impact school revenue	d	93,392 (24%)	289,269 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government finance and taxes; Highways and bridges; Property taxes	Allow county courts to levy up to 75 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for road and bridge purposes	d	94,142 (25%)	287,488 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property taxes; Highways and bridges	Enact a state property tax of 10 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to fund the construction and maintenance of public roads	d	81,610 (22%)	293,101 (78%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Utility policy; Drinking water systems; Highways and bridges; Debt limits	Allow cities with populations between 2,000 and 30,000 to incur additional indebtedness for street and roadway improvements, waterworks, and electric lights	d	88,246 (24%)	286,886 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the manufacture of alcohol except for medicinal, scientific, or mechanical purposes	d	223,618 (43%)	297,582 (57%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Housing assistance programs	Create the Homestead Loan Fund	d	102,452 (26%)	290,207 (74%)
CICA	Amendment 8	Property taxes	Restructure the state tax system to derive public revenue from the unimproved value of land	d	80,725 (18%)	373,220 (82%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Local government organization	Authorize cities with a population of 100,000 inhabitants or more to create special charters	d	95,197 (25%)	280,839 (75%)

1916

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public assistance programs	Authorize the General Assembly to create a pension for the blind	a	385,627 (59%)	272,908 (41%)
CICA	Amendment 2	Public land policy; Banking policy; Administrative organization; Agriculture policy	Authorize the General Assembly to create a Missouri State Land Bank	d	296,964 (46%)	346,443 (54%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Alcohol laws	Abolish all production, sale, and consumption of alcohol	d	294,288 (41%)	416,826 (59%)

1914

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process	Provide for subject restrictions on the initiative and referendum	d	138,039 (29%)	334,310 (71%)
CICA	Amendment 13	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	182,257 (36%)	322,463 (64%)
CICA	Amendment 14	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Authorize an issue of $50 million in bonds to fund construction and maintenance of public highways, and authorize a tax levy to pay principal and interest on those bonds	d	76,547 (17%)	378,530 (83%)
CICA	Amendment 15	Highways and bridges; Bond issue requirements; Local government finance and taxes	Enact a tax levy and allow petitions to authorize an issue of bonds to fund road construction and maintenance	d	80,935 (18%)	373,302 (82%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government finance and taxes; Debt limits; Utility policy	Increase the debt limit for Kansas City in order to purchase public utilities	d	123,596 (28%)	312,651 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Highways and bridges	Levy a state property tax of $0.10 per $100 in assessed value for public road construction and maintenance	d	112,497 (24%)	346,995 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials	Establish an annual salary of $1,000 for General Assembly members	d	89,629 (20%)	355,326 (80%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Debt limits; Railways; Public transportation; Local government finance and taxes	Increase the debt limit for cities with a population of 100,000 inhabitants or more in order to construct a subway system	d	117,197 (27%)	316,959 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Highways and bridges; Local government finance and taxes; Ballot measure process; Property taxes	Authorize qualified voters in road districts to increase the rate of taxation by levying a special tax for road purposes, but not to exceed 65 cents per $100 in valuation	d	117,041 (26%)	333,576 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public assistance programs	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a pension for those who are blind	d	214,951 (46%)	255,717 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Ballot measure process; Local government organization	Allowing cities over 100,000 residents to adopt their own charters drafted by a board of 13 elected freeholders, with approval by four-sevenths of voters	d	140,475 (33%)	290,562 (67%)
VR	Proposition 10	Local government organization; Alcohol laws	Refer House bill No. 19, which would have changed local laws that allowed towns with a population of 2,500 inhabitants or more could vote if their municipality prohibited alcohol, and instead established that counties have complete jurisdiction of the sale of alcohol	d	172,909 (36%)	311,285 (64%)
VR	Proposition 11	Local government organization; Administrative organization	Refer House bill No. 7, which would have abolished the current governor-appointed Excise Commissioner in cities with a population of 300,000 or more, and establish a bipartisan Board of Excise Commissioners appointed by the mayors of those cities	d	134,449 (31%)	303,757 (69%)
VR	Proposition 12	Law enforcement officers and departments; State executive powers and duties; State executive branch structure; Local government organization	Refer House bill No. 6 which would have terminated the governor-appointed Board of Police Commissioners in cities with a population of 300,000 or more inhabitants, and instead establish a bipartisan Board of Police Commissioners appointed by the mayor of those cities	d	131,382 (30%)	306,942 (70%)
VR	Proposition 9	Railways; Business regulations	Establish minimum crew size requirements for trains operating within the state	d	159,892 (33%)	324,384 (67%)

1912

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Early childhood education; Public education governance	Authorize the General Assembly to establish and maintain free public schools for children between five and six years old, and people over the age of twenty	d	207,298 (36%)	367,032 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Drinking water systems; Sewage and stormwater; Debt limits	Authorize an increase the debt limit for St. Louis county in order to construct sewer systems and waterworks	d	140,611 (26%)	402,473 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Public education funding; Local government finance and taxes	Allow cities with populations between 1,000 and 30,000 to increase the maximum property tax rate for school purposes and public buildings	d	121,794 (23%)	401,918 (77%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Election administration and governance; Citizenship voting requirements	Require that foreign-born individuals must complete the full naturalization process and become U.S. citizens before being eligible to vote	d	172,140 (31%)	378,263 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Voter registration	Authorize the General Assembly to enact legislation requiring voter registration for residents of St. Louis County and counties with over 50,000 inhabitants that border a city with more than 300,000 inhabitants	d	151,694 (28%)	385,698 (72%)
CICA	Amendment 6	Revenue and spending limits; Property taxes; Tax and revenue administration; Property tax exemptions	Authorize land, inheritance, and utility taxes, exempt personal property, abolish poll and occupation taxes, and remove tax limits	d	86,647 (15%)	508,137 (85%)
CICA	Amendment 7	Administrative organization; State executive branch structure	Terminate the current State Board of Equalization, and establish a State tax commission that is appointed by the Governor	d	96,911 (17%)	475,151 (83%)
CICA	Amendment 8	Election administration and governance; Law enforcement officers and departments	Authorize grand juries to investigate elections by accessing voting materials, setting standards for election officials, requiring police presence at polling places in certain cities, and regulating voting procedures	d	197,643 (36%)	348,495 (64%)
CICA	Amendment 9	Public education funding; Property taxes	Enact a state tax of $0.10 per $100 assessed valuation to fund public elementary and high schools, state normal schools, Lincoln Institute, and the State University	d	154,952 (28%)	401,843 (72%)

1910

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public employee retirement funds; Law enforcement officers and departments	Authorize pension funds for retired or disabled police officers	d	132,354 (26%)	384,774 (74%)
CICA	Amendment 10	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the production and sale of alcohol	d	207,298 (33%)	425,406 (67%)
CICA	Amendment 11	Higher education funding; Property taxes	establishing a state property tax of three cents per $100 of assessed valuation to fund the University of Missouri	d	181,659 (35%)	344,274 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public employee retirement funds; Public school teachers and staff	Allow school districts to create pension funds for public school teachers who become unable to work	d	122,063 (24%)	389,647 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Restricted-use funds; Highways and bridges	Establish a state property tax of five cents per $100 of assessed valuation for road funding	d	170,847 (33%)	347,651 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Ballot measure process; Local government organization	Change the process of amending the St. Louis City Charter	d	138,942 (28%)	349,147 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issues	Issue $5 million in bonds for new state capitol building	d	188,259 (36%)	332,858 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Housing assistance programs; Debt limits; Public assistance programs	Raise counties' debt limit to build poorhouses	d	150,174 (31%)	337,984 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Salaries of government officials	Authorize an increase to the per diem compensation for General Assembly members	d	95,045 (20%)	385,765 (80%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Election administration and governance	Allow the use of voting machines in elections	d	133,569 (27%)	352,915 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Property taxes; Local government finance and taxes; Revenue and spending limits	Increase the maximum allowable local property tax rates for certain municipalities	d	110,283 (23%)	374,942 (77%)

1908

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase the pay of General Assembly members to $750 per annum	d	147,679 (46%)	176,766 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Highways and bridges; Local government finance and taxes; Property taxes	Authorize county courts and township boards to levy a special tax of up to $0.25 cents per $100 valuation for road and bridge improvements	a	178,861 (53%)	159,271 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Initiative and referendum process	Create an initiative and referendum process in Missouri	a	177,615 (55%)	147,290 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary structure; Salaries of government officials	Establish a new division in the Supreme Court, increase the number of judges from seven to nine, and raise the salaries of Supreme Court and Kansas City Court of Appeals judges to $5,500	d	142,790 (45%)	171,658 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Tax and revenue administration; Local government finance and taxes	Allow counties and municipalities to choose their own taxation subjects through a local option system	d	133,682 (44%)	172,508 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Local government finance and taxes; Utility policy; Debt limits	Exempt the debt incurred by cities with 2,000 to 30,000 inhabitants for water works and lighting infrastructure from their constitutional debt limit	d	136,464 (46%)	159,554 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Highways and bridges; Property taxes	Enact a state tax of $0.10 per $100 valuation to fund public roads and highways in counties	d	142,787 (46%)	167,478 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Railways; Local government finance and taxes; Debt limits; Public transportation	Allow cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants to exceed constitutional debt limits for constructing or purchasing subways	d	127,276 (43%)	165,388 (57%)

1904

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Initiative and referendum process	Create an initiative and referendum process in Missouri	d	115,741 (41%)	169,281 (59%)

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