Missouri Changes to Redistricting and Lobbying Amendment (2020)
| Missouri Changes to Redistricting and Lobbying Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Redistricting measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Missouri Changes to Redistricting and Lobbying Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have amended the ballot initiative Amendment 1, which voters approved in 2018.
While the Missouri Legislature did not refer this amendment—House Joint Resolution 48—for the ballot, the legislature did refer another amendment—Senate Joint Resolution 38—to the November 2020 ballot that was designed to alter the 2018 Amendment 1 initiative and make changes to provisions concerning redistricting, lobbying, and campaign finance.
Amendment 1 replaced the state's bipartisan commission for redistricting the state legislature with a position called the non-partisan state demographer. The 2020 ballot measure would have eliminated the position of state demographer and made a bipartisan commission responsible for state legislative redistricting. Amendment 1 also required partisan fairness and competitiveness to be considered when drawing districts. Amendment 1 said partisan fairness and competitiveness were to be prioritized after equal population and compliance with federal law but before contiguousness, the boundaries of political subdivisions, and compactness. The 2020 ballot measure would have prioritized equal population, compliance with federal law, contiguousness and compactness, and the boundaries of political subdivisions before partisan fairness and competitiveness. The 2020 ballot measure would have also stated that in a conflict between partisan fairness and competitiveness, on one hand, and the other criteria, on the other, the other criteria would take precedence.[1]
Amendment 1 prohibited legislators and legislative employees from accepting gifts from paid lobbyists in excess of $5. The 2020 ballot measure would have prohibited all gifts from paid lobbyists.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
In Missouri, a constitutional amendment requires a simple majority vote in each chamber of the Missouri State Legislature during one legislative session. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Rep. Dean Plocher (R-89) introduced the constitutional amendment as House Joint Resolution 48 (HJR 48) during the 2019 legislative session.[1]
On April 29, 2019, the state House approved HJR 48, with 104 members supporting the amendment, 49 members opposing the amendment, and eight members not voting.[1] As two seats were vacant at the time of the vote on HJR 48, 81 votes were required to pass the amendment.
HJR 48 did not receive a vote in the state Senate during the 2019 legislative session.
| Vote in the Missouri House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 81  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 104 | 49 | 8 |
| Total percent | 64.60% | 30.43% | 4.97% |
| Democrat | 1 | 41 | 5 |
| Republican | 103 | 8 | 3 |
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