Show-Me Republican Crackdown On Voter Petitions Moving Forward

This move limits voter access to Democracy and nobody has really denied that contention.

Sadly . . . Hapless Missouri Democrats are too obsessed with culture war concerns to press the issue.

Check this worthwhile update . . .

Lawmakers voted 106-50 along party lines in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment.

Republican lawmakers have been trying for years to crack down on initiative petitions, which have been used to enact policies that the Republican-led Legislature either avoided dealing with or opposed.

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Missouri House OKs raising bar for constitutional amendments

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to amend Missouri's constitution got initial approval from the state House on Wednesday, moving a top GOP priority closer to becoming law.