Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday amended a proposal that would require a majority of votes in five of the state's eight congressional districts to amend the constitution.
FILE - Residents place their signatures on a petition in support of a ballot initiative to end Missouri ’s near total ban on abortion during Missouri ans for Constitutionals Freedom kick-off petition drive, Feb. 6, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Missouri ’s GOP-led House on Thursday, April 25, amended a proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would raise the vote threshold needed for all constitutional amendments going forward.
The GOP-led House on Thursday amended a proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would raise the vote threshold needed for all constitutional amendments going forward. The heart of the proposed amendment would raise the percentage of votes needed to enact voter-directed constitutional changes.Under the Republican proposal, amendments also would need a majority of votes in five of the state’s eight congressional districts to pass.House Republican Majority Leader Jon Patterson on Monday acknowledged that including additional provisions could mean that the proposed amendment is killed in the Senate. But Patterson said House members are willing to take that risk.
House Democratic Minority Leader Crystal Quade told reporters Thursday that the measure would take “away the citizens’ ability to, in my opinion, hold the Legislature accountable.” “Missouri citizens have used the ballot initiative whenever the Legislature has gone too far or not done enough,” Quade said. “Whether that was for passingIf lawmakers send the constitutional changes to the August ballot and they are approved by voters, the higher vote-threshold would be in place if the abortion-rights amendment is on the November ballot.
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