Election Day is less than two weeks away. On Nov. 3, voters across St. Louis County will hit the polls to cast ballots for candidates, amendments and propositions alike. Between the state and county, a total of seven measures will appear on the ballot.

Missouri Amendments and Propositions

Missouri voters will weigh in on four amendments to the Missouri state constitution and one proposition in the upcoming election. All five ballot measures require a simple majority to pass. Here is The Call’s wrap-up on what voters can expect to see on their ballots.

If passed, Amendment 3 would repeal the 2024 voter-approved amendment that provided reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability. Abortions would be prohibited except in cases of “medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape, or incest,” and in the case of rape or incest, abortions would not be allowed later than 12 weeks.

The amendment would also prohibit gender transition surgeries for minors. Prescription or administration of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to minors would also be prohibited, excepting treatments “unrelated to the purpose of a gender transition.”

Amendment 6, if passed, would create safeguards around citizen initiatives and referendums, establishing it as “a fundamental right.” The legislature would not be allowed to repeal or amend a citizen initiative unless 80% of Missouri’s House of Representatives and Senate voted to refer a proposed change to the ballot, and voters then approved the change. Courts would also be able to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits.

The amendment would preserve the current standards for signature rights and the requirement that citizen initiatives and referendums would need only a simple majority to pass. State legislature would not be allowed to “weaken” the citizen initiative or referendum process by raising signature thresholds, shortening signature gathering periods, narrowing allowable subject matter or creating additional requirements for signature gatherers.

Earlier this year, in the August election, Missouri voters turned down an amendment that would have made it more difficult to pass citizen-initiated measures.

If Missouri voters pass Amendment 7, the state will create a permanent public endowment fund to generate revenue. The subsequent revenue would eliminate state-imposed taxes once there were sufficient funds to replace the earnings from taxes.

Amendment 8 would require the election of sheriffs in most counties, if passed. It would establish sheriffs as the chief law enforcement officers in those counties and limit the removal of sheriffs from office.

If voters approve Missouri Proposition A, the new congressional district map — drawn in 2025 — would go into effect. The 2025 congressional map was signed into law by Governor Mike Kehoe in September 2025, making most changes to the Kansas City area by dividing the city across multiple districts. If voters do not approve the proposition, the state will continue using the congressional map enacted in 2022.

St. Louis County Propositions

St. Louis County voters will weigh in on two county propositions in the upcoming election. Both propositions require a simple majority to pass. Here is The Call’s wrap-up on what voters can expect to see on their ballots.

If voters in St. Louis County approve Proposition A, language will be eliminated from the charter that sets the term for county auditor at four years. The St. Louis County Council appoints the auditor for a term that runs concurrently with the county executive, and the auditor can be removed from office by a two-thirds vote from the council.

Supporters of Prop A have said that the current charter prevents the county auditor from receiving yearly raises like other county employees, due to the outlined term length. In opposition, County Executive Sam Page has stated that, while he believes the auditor “deserves a raise,” he worries that it would “effectively make the auditor a traditional employee of the council, rather than an independent officer.”

Proposition S, if passed, would allow St. Louis County to raise property taxes by levying a tax of five cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The funds would go to a Senior Citizen Service Fund, which would be managed by a board of seven appointed members. Over 50 counties in Missouri have operational Senior Citizen Service Funds, including St. Louis City.

If voters approve Prop S, the county would begin collecting the additional tax revenue in 2027, and funding would begin to be distributed through the Senior Citizen Service Fund in 2028.