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Missouri Define Federal Constitutional Breaches Initiative (2022)
| Missouri Define Federal Constitutional Breaches Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Federal constitutional issues | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Define Federal Constitutional Breaches Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The amendment would have clarified what duties the federal government has in upholding the constitutional rights of Missourians and define breaches by the federal government. It would also have allowed the state of Missouri to retain its status as a state of the United States but also applied to be a “separate administrative region” of the state of Texas when the governor and state legislature determine it best.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title is as follows:[2]
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
State governmental entities estimate annual reduced federal funding could be at least $10.6 billion, but the total potential reduction is unknown. Local governmental entities estimate annual reduced federal funding passed through from the state could be at least $3.8 million.[3] |
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Full text
- The full text of the measure is available here.
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 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.
Details about this initiative
- Austin Shaffer filed the initiative on December 6, 2021.[2]
- The secretary of state cleared for signature gathering on January 21, 2022.[2]
- This initiative did not meet the signature requirements by the May 8, 2022 deadline.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State's Office, "Full text," accessed January 21, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Missouri Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed January 21, 2022
- ↑ 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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