Missouri Amendment 6, Single Tax Initiative (1912)

Missouri Amendment 6
Election date November 5, 1912
Topic Property tax exemptions and Property taxes
Status Defeated
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Missouri Amendment 6 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri Constitution to: enact taxes on land, inheritances, and public utility franchises; exempt personal property and improvements on land from taxation; eliminate poll taxes and occupation taxes; and remove constitutional limits on tax rates for state, county, school, and municipal purposes.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri Constitution, thereby maintaining the existing tax and revenue structure.

Election results

Missouri Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		86,647	14.57%
No		508,137	85.43%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

The Sixth Constitutional Amendment was proposed by Initiative Petition and was to provide for raising all revenue by taxes on land, inheritances and franchises for public service utilities; exempting from taxation all personal property and improvements on land; abolishing poll taxes and occupation taxes for revenue purposes; abolishing constitutional limits upon the rate of taxation for State, county, school and municipal purposes, and providing that the laws regulating the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall remain unaffected thereby.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Missouri

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.

See also

1912 Measures

• 1912 Measures
• Tax and revenue administration on the ballot
• Property taxes on the ballot
• Property tax exemptions on the ballot
• Revenue and spending limits on the ballot
• 1912 legislative sessions

Missouri

• Missouri ballot measures
• Missouri ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Missouri State Archives - The Blue Book