Missouri Possession of Firearms Amendment (2024)
| Missouri Possession of Firearms Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Firearms | |
| Status Proposed | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Possession of Firearms Amendment may appear on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The six versions of this amendment approved for circulation made various changes to regulations regarding possession of firearms.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
There are six versions of the text of this amendment approved for circulation. The versions (2024-139 through 2024-144) are 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 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 171,592 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 5, 2024.
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 petitions, submitted by Greta Bax, were approved for circulation on October 31, 2023.[2]
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