Missouri 1982 ballot measures

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In 1982, voters decided on 16 statewide ballot measures in Missouri. On April 6, voters decided on one measure. On August 3, voters decided on two measures. On November 2, voters decided on 13 measures.

• Two of the measures were initiated state statutes.
• Twelve of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures were veto referendums.
• Voters approved four (25%) and rejected twelve (75%) measures.

On the ballot

April 6

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

August 3, 1982

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 4	Ballot measures; Public education funding; Property taxes; Revenue and spending limits	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		332,782 (36%)	598,359 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Property taxes; Homestead tax; Tax exemptions	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%)

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 10	Criminal sentencing; Judicial authority	Authorize the Supreme Court to not review every term of life imprisonment	a	756,042 (57%)	563,482 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Supermajority; Bonds; Local government	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		495,430 (39%)	764,872 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Redistricting; Judicial authority	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	Administrative powers; Legislature	Prohibit change of laws by regulation and authorize legislature to invalidate administrative regulations		497,341 (39%)	792,329 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public retirement funds	Authorize cities and counties to provide for periodical cost of living increases in retirement benefits		667,728 (49%)	684,327 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Redistricting	Establish a process for selecting a congressional redistricting commission to redraw district boundaries after each U.S. census and outline its procedures		581,210 (44%)	729,031 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Civil service; Legislature; Healthcare governance	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		523,225 (39%)	815,153 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Fuel taxes; Transportation	Authorize a fixed fee or tax for motor vehicles instead of a tax on fuel		591,270 (45%)	734,594 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Constitutional conventions	Establish the process for selecting delegates if voters approve a Missouri constitutional convention		496,888 (39%)	790,062 (61%)
CCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	Constitutional conventions	Authorize a Missouri Constitutional Convention		406,446 (30%)	927,056 (70%)
LRSS	Proposition B	Fuel taxes; Transportation	Refer a $0.04 per gallon motor fuel fee increase to fund road and bridge maintenance		492,283 (35%)	905,289 (65%)
CISS	Proposition C	Public education funding; Property taxes; Sales taxes; Transportation	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	Utilities; Business	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		513,247 (39%)	815,973 (61%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
• Types of ballot measures in Missouri
• List of Missouri ballot measures
• 1982 ballot measures