Missouri Petition Signature Requirement Amendment (2012)
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The Missouri Petition Signature Requirement Amendment will not appear on the November 2012 ballot in the state of Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The proposed measure would have required that initiated constitutional amendment petitions gather signatures from voters in six of the state's congressional districts.[1]
Path to the ballot
In order to qualify for the ballot, the measure required approval by a majority of the members of each chamber of the Missouri General Assembly.
On April 28, 2011 the House voted 144-4 in favor of referring the proposed measure to the statewide ballot.[2] On May 9 the Senate elections committee endorsed the proposal following a 5-3 vote. The proposal remained pending in the Senate.[3] As of January 12, 2012 the bill was not in queue to be heard by the General Assembly.[4]
See also
External links
- HJR 16 (status) and (full text)
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press, "Mo. House backs measure to require statewide petition signatures for ballot initiatives," April 28, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Activity History for HJR 16," accessed April 29, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press, "Mo. Senate elections panel endorses increased signature requirements for initiative petitions," May 10, 2011
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "HJR 16 status," accessed January 12, 2012
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