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In Missouri, Make Sure to Vote No on Amendment 6

By Mike Louis, President of the Missouri AFL-CIO

While it seems like the presidential election is dominating the news, social media, interpersonal conversations and pretty much everything else these days, it’s important to keep in mind that there are other elections and numerous state and local ballot initiatives to vote for this year, too. One of the most extreme and dangerous ballot initiatives comes from Missouri. Here’s why you should vote “no” on Missouri’s Amendment 6.

You have to hand it to the forces behind Missouri’s Amendment 6. They sure are creative in trying to trick the state’s voters. Their agenda is nothing but bad ideas, and since they have little chance of getting those ideas past the voters by telling the truth, they stick to misleading and dishonest attempts to trick Missourians into changing the rules.

Amendment 6 is one of those tricks. They are literally trying to get you to vote to make it harder for you to vote in the future. Yep, Amendment 6 is a “solution” in search of a problem. In-person voter fraud, the “problem” the amendment proposes to fix, is so rare that the amendment would prevent more legitimate voters from casting their ballot than it would fraudulent voters. People trying to stack election outcomes just don’t resort to in-person voter fraud. Instead, they pass laws like this one, that make it hard for citizens to vote.