Missouri Sales Tax Increase for Law Enforcement Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Sales Tax Increase for Law Enforcement Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Sales Tax Increase for Law Enforcement Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
Terry Briggs proposed four versions of the initiative: Initiative 322, Initiative 323, Initiative 327, and Initiative 328. The proposals were designed to increase the state sales tax to provide funding for the state highway patrol, grants to local law enforcement agencies, and resources for families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (all initiatives) or killed or disabled in the line of duty (Initiatives 322 and 323).[1][2][3][4]
Initiative 322 and Initiative 328 would have increased the sales tax 0.400 percentage points.[1][4]
Initiative 323 and Initiative 327 would have increased the sales tax 0.375 percentage points.[2][3]
Text of measure
Ballot title
As four versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.[5]
| Measure 2018-322 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you want to amend the Missouri constitution to:
State government entities estimate increased revenue of $286 million annually and one-time costs of $79,000. Local governments estimate no costs or savings.[6] | |||||
| Measure 2018-323 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you want to amend the Missouri constitution to:
State government entities estimate increased revenue of $268 million annually and one-time costs of $79,000. Local governments estimate no costs or savings.[6] | |||||
| Measure 2018-327 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you want to amend the Missouri constitution to:
State government entities estimate increased revenue of $286 million annually and one-time costs of $79,000. Local governments estimate no costs or savings.[6] | |||||
| Measure 2018-328 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you want to amend the Missouri constitution to:
State government entities estimate increased revenue of $268 million annually and one-time costs of $79,000. Local governments estimate no costs or savings.[6] | |||||
Path to the ballot
The state process
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 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 160,199 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
Terry Briggs filed four versions of the initiative, two on December 15, 2017, and two on December 18, 2017.[1][2][3][4] The initiatives were approved for circulation on January 26, 2018.[5] Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-322," December 15, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-323," December 15, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-327," December 18, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-328," December 18, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed January 12, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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