Amendment 6Constitutional amendment · Citizen initiative
Protect voter-approved initiatives
Explain it like I'm 5
This would make laws passed directly by voters much harder for lawmakers to change. It is like putting a strong lock on a rule that students voted to adopt.
Yes vote
Lawmakers generally could amend or repeal voter-approved initiatives only if 80 percent of both chambers refer the change to voters and voters approve it, while also limiting legislative changes to the initiative process.
No vote
Keeping the current rules, under which lawmakers retain broader power to change voter-approved laws and the petition process.
The question to ask yourself
Should voter-approved laws receive unusually strong protection from later legislative changes?
The case for
- Protects voter decisions from being quickly reversed by legislators.
- Prevents lawmakers from making the initiative process harder through ordinary legislation.
- Allows courts to address unfair or inaccurate ballot summaries.
Backed by: Respect MO Voters, Missouri AFL-CIO, former Sen. Jack Danforth, former Secretary of State Jason Kander, Missouri NEA
The case against
- It could make it extremely difficult to correct mistakes or update voter-written laws.
- It gives past initiatives greater power over future lawmakers and voters.
- An 80 percent threshold may block changes even when most lawmakers support them.
Opposed by: MO Protects, Republican Party of Missouri
- Money
- State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings, and the measure will not increase or decrease taxes.
- Don't be misled
- Saying lawmakers could change an initiative with an 80 percent vote alone is misleading because the proposal also requires voter approval.