Lawmakers want your permission to weaken voters' ability to change laws, the Missouri Constitution

Missouri voters will likely soon be asked by the lawmakers they elected to strip themselves of some power to put initiative petitions on the ballot — to take action when politicians won’t.

Voters could be asked to place further restrictions on the already difficult, and costly, job of passing an initiative petition.

One proposal would raise the number of signatures to put something on the ballot. On top of that, it raises the margin a petition would need to pass. That’s a House proposal. A similar proposal in the Senate would raise the threshold for a measure to pass, but not the signatures needed to put a question to voters.

Conservative lawmakers see the measures as the most surefire way to block Missouri voters from enshrining the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution in November.



https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2024/04/15/missouri-ballot-initiative-proposals-abortion-2024/