Laws governing ballot measures in Missouri
Citizens of Missouri may initiate legislation as constitutional amendments and state statutes. In Missouri, citizens also have the power to repeal legislation via veto referendum.
The Missouri State Legislature may place measures on the ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendments and legislatively referred state statutes. A simple majority vote in each chamber during one legislative session is needed to refer both amendments and statutes to the ballot.
The Missouri Constitution requires a constitutional convention question automatically appear on the ballot every 20 years.
Below are links to the various types of ballot measure law Ballotpedia tracks:
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
- Laws governing recall in Missouri
- Amending the Missouri Constitution
- Laws governing local ballot measures in Missouri
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Missouri
- Campaign finance requirements for Missouri ballot measures
Statutes relevant to ballot measures
The following is a list of enacted bills related to ballot measures passed between 2007 and 2015.
- Missouri House Bill 1763 (2008)
- Missouri Senate Bill 797 (2008)
- Missouri House Bill 228 (2009)
- Missouri House Bill 117 (2013)
- Missouri House Bill 722 (2015)
- Missouri Senate Bill 104 (2015)
Ballot measure lawsuits
The following is a selection of historical lawsuits related to ballot measure law.
- Citizens for a Healthy Missouri v. Blunt
- Category:Signature challenges, Missouri
- Committee for a Healthy Future v. Carnahan
- Missourians to Protect Initiative Process v. Blunt
- United Gamefowl Breeders v. Nixon
See also
- Laws governing ballot measures
- Types of ballot measures in Missouri
- List of Missouri ballot measures
