Missouri Ranked-Choice Voting for State Executives and U.S. Senate Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Ranked-Choice Voting for State Executives and U.S. Senate Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Electoral systems | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Ranked-Choice Voting for State Executives and U.S. Senate Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have created a ranked-choice system of electing officials to the following offices: U.S. Senate, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, and state auditor. The measure would have allowed voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference for an office.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change voting in general elections for the offices of United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Auditor to allow voters to rank candidates in order of preference for each office; eliminate the lowest ranked candidates and redistribute their votes based on number of votes and voters' rankings until a candidate receives at least 50% plus one vote to win; and resolve ties with a random mathematical process? This proposal could result in necessary voting machine replacements statewide at an estimated unknown cost up to $43.5 million. Some local election authorities estimate ballot and programming costs.[3] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article VIII, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 24 of Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-149.
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 certified 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 2018-149," 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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