Missouri Stadium Funding Veto Referendum (2026)
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| Topic Athletics and sports |
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| Status Cleared for signature gathering |
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| Type Veto referendum |
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The Missouri Stadium Funding Veto Referendum may appear on the ballot in Missouri as a veto referendum on November 3, 2026.
This measure would repeal the "Show-Me Sports Investment Act," which provided state funding to professional sports stadiums.
Text of measure
Full text
The filed versions of the initiative (#135-136) are available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Missouri
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify a veto referendum 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 90 days following the adjournment of the legislative session in which the law was passed.
The requirements to get a veto referendum certified for the 2026 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement for veto referendums for the 2026 ballot is 106,384 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures are collected.
- Deadline (2025 bills): The deadline to submit signatures for bills passed in 2025 was 90 days after the 2025 session adjourns.
- Deadline (2026 bills): The deadline to submit signatures for bills passed in 2026 is 90 days after the 2026 session adjourns.
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 veto referendum is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Stages of this veto referendum
The veto referendum, submitted to the secretary of state by Deirdre Hirner, was cleared for signature gathering on October 15, 2025.
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