Missouri: State Senator seeks to restrict initiative rights in state
Missouri Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, has introduced a resolution aimed at making voter referendums and initiatives a more difficult process. Senate Joint Resolution 13, brought to the Senate floor for a first read on Monday, would require that petition initiatives proposing constitutional changes be signed by 8 percent of legal voters in each congressional district ”” as opposed to the current requirement of 8 percent of voters in two-thirds of the congressional districts in Missouri ”” to make the ballot.