Missouri Increased Signature and Vote Requirements for Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure (2022)
| Missouri Increased Signature and Vote Requirements for Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Missouri Increased Signature and Vote Requirements for Initiated Constitutional Amendments Measure was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]
The measure would have increased the signature requirement for initiated constitutional amendment petitions from 8% of voters in six of eight congressional districts to 10% of the legal voters in each congressional district and required a two-thirds (66.67%) vote to pass an initiated constitutional amendment. At the time of its proposal, a simple majority vote was required to approve an initiated constitutional amendment.[2]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article III, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have amended sections 50 and 51 of Article III of the state constitution. The following underlined text would have been added, and struck-through text would have been deleted:[2]
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Text of Section 50: Initiative Petitions--Signatures Required--Form and Procedure
1.Initiative petitions proposing amendments to the constitution shall be signed by eight ten percent of the legal voters, registered to vote in Missouri and citizens of the United States, in each of two-thirds of the congressional districts in the state, and petitions proposing laws shall be signed by five percent of such voters. Every such petition shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than six months before the election and shall contain an enacting clause and the full text of the measure. Petitions for constitutional amendments shall not contain more than one amended and revised article of this constitution, or one new article which shall not contain more than one subject and matters properly connected therewith, and the enacting clause thereof shall be 'Be it resolved by the people of the state of Missouri that the Constitution be amended:'. Petitions for laws shall contain not more than one subject which shall be expressed clearly in the title, and the enacting clause thereof shall be 'Be it enacted by the people of the state of Missouri:'. For purposes of this article, only citizens of the United States of America who are residents of the State of Missouri and who are properly registered to vote in the State of Missouri shall be considered legal voters.
2. Notwithstanding Section 2(b) of Article XII of this Constitution, or any other provision of this Constitution or law to the contrary, if two-thirds of the votes cast thereon are in favor of any amendment, whether proposed by the general assembly or by initiative, the same shall take effect at the end of thirty days after the election.
Text of Section 51: Appropriations by Initiative--Effective Date of Initiated Laws--Conflicting Laws Concurrently Adopted
The initiative shall not be used for the appropriation of money other than of new revenues created and provided for thereby, or for any other purpose prohibited by this constitution. Except as provided in this constitution, any measure proposed shall take effect when approved by a majority two-thirds of the votes cast thereon. When conflicting measures are approved at the same election the one receiving the largest affirmative vote shall prevail.[3]
Full text
The full text of the amendment can be read here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Missouri State Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 20 on January 6, 2021. On March 10, 2021, the state House passed HJR 20 in a vote of 100-44, with 18 absent and one vacancy. The vote was on party lines. HJR 20 did not receive a vote in the Senate before the end of the legislative session.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri State Legislature, "House Joint Resolution 20," accessed March 10, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri State Legislature, "House Joint Resolution 20," accessed March 10, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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