Advocates who unsuccessfully sought to give voters the final say in a sweeping anti-abortion law are challenging the legality of Missouri’s statutes on the referendum…
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The Missouri Times is following the citizen initiative process from the very beginning — from being submitted to rejected, withdrawn, or approved to signature collection and potentially to the ballot.
The ballot language for a referendum petition “dishonestly misstates the content” of a sweeping anti-abortion bill, according to GOP megadonor David Humphreys. The Joplin businessman…
The Missouri Secretary of State issued ballot language for a petition seeking to give voters the final say in an sweeping anti-abortion bill. Advocates now…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Ballot language issued by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on a bevy of initiative petitions, all filed by the same Missourian,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A bevy of citizen petitions, including automatic voter registration and minimum sentencing requirements, received approval to start the signature collection process. This…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missourians would legally be allowed to drive under the influence of marijuana under an initiative petition recently approved for circulation. This…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Even with an influx of initiative petitions in June, the amount filed so far this cycle is far fewer than in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office has received a bevy of initiative petitions recently, including one related to abortion. Petition 2020-071,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Cole County judge gave those challenging the rejection of a pair of referendum petitions the option of submitting a new request…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Initial hearings are scheduled for Tuesday afternoon on a pair of legal challenges to the secretary of state’s decision to reject two referendum…