Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot
Advocates on Friday turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot this year. The campaign said it turned in more than 380,000 voter signatures — more than double the minimum 171,000 needed to qualify for the ballot. “Our message is simple and clear,” ACLU Missouri lawyer and campaign spokesperson Tori Schafer said in a statement. “We want to make decisions about our bodies free from political interference.
In some, the question is whether amendment supporters can get enough valid signatures. In others, it’s up to the legislature. And there’s legal wrangling in the process in some states. In Missouri, it's now up to Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to check the validity of the abortion-rights campaign's signatures.
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