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Missouri Federal Constitutional Convention for National Initiative Process Initiative (2018)

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Missouri Federal Constitutional Convention for National Initiative Process Initiative
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Election date
November 6, 2018
Topic
Federal constitutional issues and Direct democracy measures
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
Citizens


The Missouri Federal Constitutional Convention for National Initiative Process Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.

The measure would have added an amendment to the state constitution recommending a federal constitutional convention to address the creation of a national initiative process.[1]

Text of measure

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 an 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.

Steven Reed proposed the initiative. The secretary of state rejected the petition for the initiative.[1]

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