Missouri Allow Voters to Decide County Taxes on Cigarettes Amendment (2026)
| Missouri Allow Voters to Decide County Taxes on Cigarettes Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Cleared for signature gathering | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Allow Voters to Decide County Taxes on Cigarettes Amendment may appear on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
This measure would amend the Missouri Constitution to allow county voters to decide county taxes on cigarettes or tobacco products.
Text of measure
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The five submitted version of the ballot measure (#004-008) are available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Missouri
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2026 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement is 170,215 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures are collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures is May 3, 2026.
Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Stages of this ballot initiative
The five version of the ballot initiative, submitted to the secretary of state by Deirdre Hirner, were cleared for signature gathering on January 10, 2025.
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