Missouri Minimum Wage, Proposition A (1996)
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The Missouri Minimum Wage Act, also known as Proposition A, was on the November 5, 1996 ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute, where it was defeated. The measure would have required all employers to pay employees an hourly minimum wage of $6.25, with a $0.15 annual increase.[1][2]
Election results
| Missouri Proposition A (1996) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 1,456,982 | 71.30% | ||
| Yes | 586,584 | 28.70% | ||
Election results via: University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy
Text of measure
The question on the ballot appeared as:[2]
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Shall Sections 290.500 and 290.502, RSMo1994 be amended to: require all employers, except as otherwise provided in Sections 290.500 and 290.502, RSMo1994, to pay their employees an hourly minimum wage of no less than $6.25 as of January 1, 1997; $6.50 as of January 1, 1998; $6.75 as of January 1, 1999; and beginning January 1, 2000, an additional fifteen cents per year thereafter; permit the legislature or any municipality to raise or expand minimum wage coverage; and provide for severability of any provision of application of the measure held invalid? [3] |
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See also
- Missouri 1996 ballot measures
- 1996 ballot measures
- List of Missouri ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Missouri
External links
- I&R Institute ballot measure database for Missouri
- University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy
- Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, "Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Missouri," October 3, 1996
Footnotes
- ↑ University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy, "Constitutional Amendments, Statutory Revision and Referenda Submitted to the Voters by the General Assembly or by Initiative Petition, 1910–2010," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, "Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Missouri," October 3, 1996
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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