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Missouri Proposition 3, Executive Budget and Item Veto Initiative (1932)
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| Topic State executive powers and duties |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition 3 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 8, 1932. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to require the Governor to submit an itemized budget to the General Assembly and allows vetoing specific appropriations, except for public school funding. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to require the Governor to submit an itemized budget to the General Assembly and allows vetoing specific appropriations, except for public school funding. |
Election results
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Missouri Proposition 3 |
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931,429 | 81.34% | ||
| No | 213,676 | 18.66% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition No. 3.- (Submitted by Initiative Petition.)- Repealing Section 13, Article 5, and adopting a new Section 13, in lieu thereof.- An amendment providing for an itemized executive budget of estimated revenue and recommended expenditures to be submitted to the General Assembly within fifteen days after it convenes, and permitting the Governor, except in the case of appropriations for free public school purposes, to approve some items in an appropriation bill and object to others, and providing for the transmittal thereof, together with his reasons for disapproval of rejected items, to the House in which the bill originated, if it be in session, or within thirty days to the office of the Secretary of State. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment 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 8% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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