Missouri Appellate Court Elections Initiative (2022)
| Missouri Appellate Court Elections Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic State judiciary | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Appellate Court Elections Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The amendment would have required appellate court judges to be elected through nonpartisan elections and shortened their terms from 12 years to six years. It would also have prohibited an appellate court judge from holding a particular seat for more than two consecutive terms. Currently, appellate court judges are nominated by a commission and appointed by the governor.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that:
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is 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 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 171,592 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 8, 2022.
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 initiative
Chris Vas filed the ballot initiative on December 30, 2020. On February 22, 2021, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) cleared the initiative for signature gathering.[1]
This initiative did not meet the signature requirements by the May 8, 2022 deadline.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "2022 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed February 11, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2022 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed May 9, 2022
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