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Missouri Proposition 14, Laws Governing Local Justices of the Peace and Constables Referendum (1922)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials and State judicial authority |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition 14 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Missouri on November 7, 1922. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported repealing and replacing a state law to revise standards for justices of the peace and constables in townships with populations between 200,000 and 400,000, including changes to eligibility, court jurisdiction, required bonds, duties, powers, and salaries. |
A "no" vote opposed repealing and replacing a state law to revise standards for justices of the peace and constables in townships with populations between 200,000 and 400,000, including changes to eligibility, court jurisdiction, required bonds, duties, powers, and salaries. |
Election results
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Missouri Proposition 14 |
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| Yes | 232,704 | 37.57% | ||
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386,663 | 62.43% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 14 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition Number 14 REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE PETITION OF THE PEOPLE. An Act repealing article IX, chapter 22, R. S. 1919, entitled "Justices and constables in townships of two hundred thousand and less than four hundred thousand inhabitants," and enacting a new article in lieu thereof, fixing the standards of eligibility to the office of the justice of the peace in such townships, increasing the jurisdiction of justice courts therein, providing for a presiding justice, requiring justices of the peace and constables in such townships to give bonds, prescribing their duties and powers and fixing their salaries. Senate Bill No. 5, Fifty-first General Assembly. | ” |
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that allow citizens to initiate veto referendums.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 5% of the gubernatorial vote for veto referendums. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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