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Missouri Earned Sick Time Initiative (2022)
| Missouri Earned Sick Time Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Labor and unions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Earned Sick Time Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The measure would have required employers to provide earned sick time; allowed collective bargaining agreements to waive these requirements; and exempted certain industries, governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts, and educational institutions.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of each version of the initiative is below:
Path to the ballot
Process in Missouri
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 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 state statute certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 107,246 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
Lisa D'Souza filed the ballot initiative on May 3, 2021. On June 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.[2]
See also
Footnotes
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