Missouri Reduced Minimum Prison Terms Initiative (2020)
| Missouri Reduced Minimum Prison Terms Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Civil and criminal trials | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Reduced Minimum Prison Terms Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have reduced the minimum prison terms for people found guilty of certain felonies.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 2020-056 would have been as follows:[1]
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Do you want to amend Missouri law regarding minimum prison terms for offenders found guilty of dangerous felonies (includes arson, assault, rape, child molestation, murder and robbery) as follows:
State governmental entities estimate no additional costs, and possible savings of an unknown amount. Local governmental entities expect no costs or savings.[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available for Initiative 2020-056 and Initiative 2020-092.
Path to the ballot
Process in Missouri
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 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 state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 100,126 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 3, 2020.
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.
Stages of this initiative
Shetova Hayes filed the ballot initiative on April 4, 2019. On May 13, 2019, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) approved the initiative for signature gathering. A second version of the initiative was approved for circulation on July 31, 2019. Petitioners did not submit signatures by the May 3 deadline.[1]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "2020 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed May 14, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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