Missouri Constitutional Labor Laws Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Constitutional Labor Laws Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Labor and unions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Constitutional Labor Laws Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
Patricia Thomas, treasurer of the Missouri Republican Party, filed two versions of the ballot measure: Initiatives 313 and 314. The proposals would have added a new article to the Missouri Constitution regarding labor laws and policies. Both Initiative 313 and Initiative 314 would have created a constitutional right-to-work law, mandating that no person can be required to join a labor union or pay dues to a labor union as a condition of employment. Both Initiative 313 and Initiative 314 would have also prohibited a prevailing wage for public projects.[1][2]
Initiative 313 would have contained two additional provisions, including (1) prohibiting public employee unions from deducting dues from paychecks or making political contributions without annual permission from an employee and (2) requiring public employee unions to file financial reports as public records.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
As two versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.[3]
| Measure 2018-313 | |||||
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that:
State government entities estimate initial and one-time costs of $470,000 and annual costs of at least $600,000, but total potential costs are unknown. State government entities estimate additional biennial revenues of $193,000. Local government entities estimate no additional revenues and estimate cost savings of an unknown amount.[4] | |||||
| Measure 2018-314 | |||||
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that:
State government entities estimate no additional revenues, but estimate annual cost savings of over $100,000. Local government entities estimate no additional revenues and estimate cost savings of an unknown amount.[4] | |||||
Constitutional changes
- See also: Missouri Constitution
The measure would have added a new article, titled Article XIV, to the Missouri Constitution.[1][2]
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-313 and Petition 2017-314.
Path to the ballot
The state process
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 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 160,199 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 6, 2018.
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.
Details about the initiative
Patricia Thomas, treasurer of the Missouri Republican Party, filed two versions of the initiative on December 7, 2017.[1][2] The initiatives were approved for circulation on January 12, 2018.[3] Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-313," December 7, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-314," December 7, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed January 12, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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