Missouri Amendment 15, Taxes and Bonds Petitions for Road Maintenance Initiative (1914)
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| Topic Bond issue requirements and Highways and bridges |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Amendment 15 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing local governments, with a petition signed by 51% of tax-paying voters in the affected area, to fund highway improvements through removing limits on special property tax levies or issuing bonds. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing local governments, with a petition signed by 51% of tax-paying voters in the affected area, to fund highway improvements through removing limits on special property tax levies or issuing bonds. |
Election results
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Missouri Amendment 15 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 80,935 | 17.82% | ||
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373,302 | 82.18% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:
| “ | The fifteenth proposition, constitutional amendment, was proposed by initiative petition to authorize levy and collection of special taxes for road purposes, to issue bonds in any sum for said purposes, upon petition of taxpaying voters, providing for and authorizing construction and maintenance of highways, and authorizing governing body of governmental subdivision ordering construction, improvement, purchase or maintenance of such highways either to levy a direct tax for same or to issue interest-bearing bonds and sell same, using proceeds thereof for such purposes, whether such highways are wholly or partly within and partly without the governmental subdivision proposing to make and pay for such highways or improvements. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 8% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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Footnotes
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