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Missouri Require 90% Vote for Legislative Changes to Citizen Initiatives Amendment (2026)
| Missouri Require 90% Vote for Legislative Changes to Citizen Initiatives Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2026 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures | |
| Status Cleared for signature gathering | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Require 90% Vote for Legislative Changes to Citizen Initiatives Amendment may appear on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.
This measure would amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit the legislature from making certain changes to initiative petition laws unless there is a supermajority vote of 90% of the legislature, guarantee 365 days to gather signatures for citizen initiatives, allow initiative proponents to prepare a ballot summary and allow any voter to challenge misleading titles, and require courts to rewrite misleading titles.
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The filed version (#67) of the initiative are available [1].
Path to the ballot
Process in Missouri
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 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 constitutional amendment certified for the 2026 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement is 170,215 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures are collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures is May 3, 2026.
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 ballot initiative
- The ballot initiative, submitted by Michael Lester, was approved by the Secretary of State on July 14, 2025.
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