Missouri 1988 ballot measures

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In 1988, voters decided on 8 statewide ballot measures in Missouri. On March 8, voters decided on 1 measure. On August 2, voters decided on 3 measures. On November 8, voters decided on 4 measures.

• Two of the measures were initiated constitutional amendment.
• Six of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved six (75%) and rejected two (25%) measures.

On the ballot

March 8, 1988

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Business	Authorize corporations to hold investment real estate, eliminate mandatory cumulative voting, and hold corporate indebtedness to general law standards		402,157 (50%)	403,309 (50%)

August 2, 1988

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling	Increase lottery prize funding, clarify the lottery commission's duties, and remove advertising restrictions	a	470,795 (57%)	350,745 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Supermajority; Bonds; Economic investment; Public education funding; Highways	Require a four-sevenths majority vote to approve bond issues for the construction and maintenance schools, roads, bridges, and job developmental projects on municipal, primary, and general election days, and only require a two-thirds majority vote on other election dates	a	464,237 (56%)	361,134 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Business	Allow shareholders to decide a corporation's business purpose and stock voting rules	a	549,262 (70%)	237,106 (30%)

November 8, 1988

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Legislature; Legislative processes	Authorize a shortened length of annual legislative sessions, require budget completion a week before session ends, and allow special sessions with a three-fourths petition signed by members of each house	a	1,421,973 (78%)	406,250 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Drinking water; Sewage and stormwater; Bonds	Authorize an of issue $275 million of bonds to fund water pollution and storm water projects and to improve the drinking water system	a	1,235,023 (67%)	600,751 (33%)
ABR	Amendment 7	Sales taxes; Parks and conservation	Extend a one-tenth of one percent sales tax for ten years to fund soil and water conservation and state parks	a	1,263,644 (69%)	576,790 (31%)
CICA	Amendment 8	Income taxes; Restricted-use funds; Public health insurance	Create a public health insurance program called MedAssist		550,974 (29%)	1,372,102 (71%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
• Types of ballot measures in Missouri
• List of Missouri ballot measures
• 1988 ballot measures