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Voters repeal Clean Missouri redistricting plan they enacted in 2018

Voters repeal Clean Missouri redistricting plan they enacted in 2018

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent November 5, 2020

Missouri voters on Tuesday repealed a constitutional amendment they enacted in 2018 that would have required legislative districts be drawn to ensure partisan fairness. They replaced it with one that...

Election 2020: Heres the full text of the two proposed Missouri Constitutional amendments

Election 2020: Here’s the full text of the two proposed Missouri Constitutional amendments

October 15, 2020

Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, we are featuring the full text of the two proposed amendments to the Missouri Constitution in our print edition this week (Oct. 15) and next week in our Oct. 22 print edition....

Voters check in to cast their ballots at the Sunset Hills Community Center during the April 2019 municipal election.

Judge throws out Nov. 3 ballot language on Amendment 3, says it misleads on Clean Missouri

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor August 17, 2020

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.  A judge in Cole County struck down ballot language placed on the November ballot by Republican Missouri lawmakers for Amendment 3, calling the...

Mayor Lyda Krewson addresses the crowd at the Better Together rollout, as County Executive Stenger looks on. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Better Together resubmits plan to state after withdrawing it last week; no major changes

February 15, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Better Together refiled its petition Monday with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office for a proposed Constitutional amendment that would...

The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

Our Call: Legislators need to follow their own Sunshine Laws

February 1, 2019

Editorial By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Missouri Legislature designs and governs Sunshine Law for every public official in the state. But ironically, the Legislature...

Three medical marijuana laws up for vote

Three medical marijuana laws up for vote

November 1, 2018

Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  Missourians who want to legalize medical marijuana have three opportunities next week with three separate measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. Voters...

Bingo change on ballot allows advertising

Bingo change on ballot allows advertising

October 25, 2018

Photo courtesy www.eureka.mo.us An amendment regarding management and advertisement of bingo games will be left to the voters to decide on Nov. 6. Missouri currently has a constitutional ban on allowing...

Clean Missouri amendment calls for open records, lobbying limits, new districts

Clean Missouri amendment calls for open records, lobbying limits, new districts

September 5, 2018

By BRENDAN CROWLEY and ANNIKA MERRILEES Columbia Missourian Volunteers and organizers from Clean Missouri stacked boxes filled with signatures at the Missouri secretary of state’s office last spring...

Missourians to weigh five amendments, cigarette tax Tuesday

Missourians to weigh five amendments, cigarette tax Tuesday

By Gloria Lloyd, Staff Reporter November 2, 2016

Every election, the Missouri Constitution grows longer as voters approve more and more amendments governing issues ranging from the right to farm and the right to own guns. The ballot for the Tuesday,...

Election 2016: Proposed Missouri Constitutional amendments

Election 2016: Proposed Missouri Constitutional amendments

October 19, 2016

Ahead of the Nov. 8 election, we are featuring the full text of the five proposed amendments to the Missouri Constitution in our print edition this week (Oct. 20) and next week in our Oct. 27 print edition....

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