Missouri Proportional Representation in State Legislature Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Proportional Representation in State Legislature Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic State legislatures measures and Electoral systems | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Proportional Representation in State Legislature Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have created a system of proportional representation for the Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate. Voters would have voted for a political party's ordered list of candidates, rather than for one candidate, and the number of officials elected off the list would reflect the proportion of votes the list received.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
| “ | Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change how senate and house districts are reapportioned and reduce the number of state representatives from 163 to 5 elected from 2 districts within each of the 8 congressional districts; senators from 34 to 5 from each of the 8 congressional districts; require house and senate candidates to be selected by rank-choice voting, allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference; tabulate votes and determine election winners through elimination rounds; and to fill open senate and house seats with the highest ranking unelected candidate in the election?
Legislative operating costs are estimated to decrease for state government by approximately $5.4 million. This proposal could also result in necessary voting machine replacements statewide at an estimated unknown cost up to $43.5 million.[3] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article III, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have amended Sections 2, 5, and 7 of Article III of the Missouri Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-151.
Path to the ballot
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. The measure was approved for circulation on March 21, 2017.[1] Signatures were not filed for the initiative.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-151," January 31, 2017
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed March 24, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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