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Missouri Prohibit Mandatory Medical Intervention Initiative (2022)
| Missouri Prohibit Mandatory Medical Intervention Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Prohibit Mandatory Medical Intervention Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The initiative would have amended the Missouri Constitution to add a new article entitled "Medical Liberty." It would have codified a right to "self-determine the need for any and all medical interventions." It would also have prohibited any government entity from mandating or compelling any type of medical intervention or therapy.[1][2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was follows:[1]
| “ | Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
State governmental entities estimate one-time costs totaling $100,000, ongoing costs that could be significant totaling at least $1.4 million annually, and reduced revenues totaling at least $3 billion annually. Local governmental entities estimate ongoing costs of an unknown amount and ongoing reduced revenues of an unknown amount. [3] |
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Full text
The full text of the initiative can be read here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 171,592 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 8, 2022.
Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
- Michael Phoenix filed the initiative on November 23, 2021.[1]
- On January 7, 2021, the secretary of state cleared all nine versions of the initiative for signature gathering.[1]
- This initiative did not meet the signature requirements by the May 8, 2022 deadline.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Missouri Secretary of State, "List of petitions," accessed January 7, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Full text," accessed January 7, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2022 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed May 9, 2022
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