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Missouri Proposition 1, Pensions for State Employees Referendum (1970)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Missouri on November 3, 1970. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported enacting a law that increases State employees' retirement benefits and establishes a separate, State-funded retirement system for legislators and elected State officers. |
A "no" vote opposed enacting a law that increases State employees' retirement benefits and establishes a separate, State-funded retirement system for legislators and elected State officers. |
Election results
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Missouri Proposition 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 217,133 | 22.01% | ||
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769,378 | 77.99% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition No. 1- (Referendum ordered by the petition of the people) Provides for increase in State employees' retirement benefits; further provides that legislators and elected State officers shall be members of a separate retirement system to be known as the legislators' retirement system; provides that members of the legislators' retirement system shall contribute to such system and receive benefits from such system; provides that the State shall contribute annually to the legislators' retirement system an amount sufficient to cover the amount of by which benefits paid to members of such system exceed contributions of members to such system. | ” |
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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