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Early voting initiative petition not certified for ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The early voting initiative petition led by the Missouri Early Voting Fund. did not have a sufficient amount of signatures to be certified for the November ballot.

In late May, Jeff Roe predicted that the petition would not be certified because of the qualifications that petitions initiatives need for ballot certification.

“We are highly suspect that they collected the petitions necessary,” Roe told the Missouri Times in May. “They did not meet the requirements to file the petitions. We see a lot of irregularities and a lot of pages that were not properly qualified. In this early phase, we believe that it may not appear on the ballot. They did not meet the requirements in 6 of 8 congressional districts and that is a real problem.”

Certification requires 8% of registered voters to sign the petition in 6 of 8 congressional districts, which is based on voter turnout in the previous gubernatorial election.

There will be a legislative proposal for early voting on the November ballot, which Missouri Early Voting Fund has criticized as making it harder to vote, rather than easier. Opponents of the MJJ early voting initiative say it will cost local counties too much money.

The number of signatures needed, submitted and valid for the petition initiative go as follows:

  • Congressional District 1: Sufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 27,603
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 65,651
  • Valid Signatures: 38,569
  • Congressional District 2: Insufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 32,337
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 33,997
  • Valid Signatures: 29,841
  • Congressional District 3: Insufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 28,109
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 10,934
  • Valid Signatures: 8,974
  • Congressional District 4: Insufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 26,030
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 41,335
  • Valid Signatures: 24,050
  • Congressional District 5: Sufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 26,726
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 129,762
  • Valid Signatures: 39,090
  • Congressional District 6: Insufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 27,087
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 27,617
  • Valid Signatures: 20,553
  • Congressional District 7: Insufficient
  • Signatures Needed: 25,944
  • Total Signatures Submitted: 31,835
  • Valid Signatures: 23,215