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Missouri No Constitutional Rights for Artificial Entities Initiative (2018)

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Missouri No Constitutional Rights for Artificial Entities Initiative
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Election date
November 6, 2018
Topic
Business regulation and Campaign finance
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
Citizens

The Missouri No Constitutional Rights for Artificial Entities Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.

The measure would have declared that rights found in the Missouri Constitution do not apply to artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities. The measure would have also declared that the privileges of artificial entities are determined through state and local law.[1]

Text of measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article I, Missouri Constitution

The measure would have amended Section 2 of Article I of the Missouri Constitution.[1]

Full text

The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-153, Petition 2018-154, Petition 2018-155, Petition 2018-166, and Petition 2018-167.

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.

Winston Apple proposed the initiative.[1] The secretary of state rejected the petitions for the initiative.[2]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-153," January 31, 2017
  2. ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative and Referendum Petitions Filed," accessed August 28, 2017
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