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Missouri Election Laws, Initiative Circulator Rules, and Electronic Signatures Initiative (2018)

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Missouri Election Laws, Initiative Circulator Rules, and Electronic Signatures Initiative
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Election date
November 6, 2018
Topic
Direct democracy measures
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
Citizens

The Missouri Election Laws, Initiative Circulator Rules, and Electronic Signatures Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.

The measure would have required that legislation to change election laws be approved by voters, allowed anyone over age 18 to collect signatures for initiatives, and provided for a web-based system that allows people to sign initiative petitions electronically.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title was as follows:[2]

“ Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
  • prohibit any changes to election laws without voter approval;
  • prohibit a filing fee for proposed initiative petitions;
  • prohibit requiring an initiative petition circulator (signature gatherer) from being a Missouri resident or a registered voter;
  • allow signature gatherers to be paid on a per-signature basis;
  • prohibit any requirement that signature gatherers must wear an identification badge; and
  • require the secretary of state's office to establish and operate a web-based application that allows people to sign initiative petitions electronically?

State governmental entities estimate one-time costs of $239,000, increased annual costs of $38,000, and unknown costs during each 2-year election cycle of up to $900,000 depending on how many registered voters sign petitions electronically and the correspondence method the state uses. Local governmental entities expect no costs or savings.[3]

”

Full text

The full text of the initiative is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri

Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 8 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 160,199. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.

Damien Johnson proposed the initiative.[1] A petition for the initiative was approved for circulation on June 13, 2017.[2] Signatures were not filed for the proposal.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-224," May 2, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed August 28, 2017
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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