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Missouri Renewable Energy Standards Initiative
| Missouri Renewable Energy Standards Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Energy | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Renewable Energy Standards Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
James Owen proposed three versions of the ballot initiative. The proposals would have required electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of electricity from renewable sources.[1]
- Proposal 2018-359 would have required 40 percent by 2035.
- Proposal 2018-360 would have required 50 percent by 2035.
- Proposal 2018-361 would have required 30 percent by 2035.
Text of measure
Ballot title
As multiple versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.[2]
| Measure 2018-359 | |||||
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Do you want to amend Missouri law to:
State governmental entities estimate additional known costs of approximately $170,000 annually. State and local governmental entities anticipate possible increased costs of electricity, but the amount is unknown.[3] | |||||
| Measure 2018-360 | |||||
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Do you want to amend Missouri law to:
State governmental entities estimate additional known costs of approximately $170,000 annually. State and local governmental entities anticipate possible increased costs of electricity, but the amount is unknown.[3] | |||||
| Measure 2018-361 | |||||
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Do you want to amend Missouri law to:
State governmental entities estimate additional known costs of approximately $170,000 annually. State and local governmental entities anticipate possible increased costs of electricity, but the amount is unknown.[3] | |||||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available for the following proposals:
Path to the ballot
The state process
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 2018 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 6, 2018.
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 the initiative
James Owen filed the initiative proposals on March 6, 2018. The initiative proposals were approved for circulation on April 6, 2018.[1] Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions," accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed April 11, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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