Missouri Voter Approval Required for Legislature to Alter Initiative Measure (2020)
| Missouri Voter Approval Required for Legislature to Alter Initiative Measure | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Voter Approval Required for Legislature to Alter Initiative Measure was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have required changes made to voter-approved initiated statutes by the state legislature be submitted to voters for approval or rejection.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit the General Assembly from altering, amending, or repealing a statute that was approved by the voters through the initiative process unless the General Assembly submits the proposed changes to the voters and the changes are approved by a majority of the voters? State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
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 2020 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 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
Winston Apple filed the ballot initiative on July 26, 2019. On September 3, 2019, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) approved the initiative for signature gathering. 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 September 4, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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