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This afternoon, the Missouri State Senate took up SJR 74, a bill that will end majority rule, and take away our right to have a majority of voters approve changes to our constitution through the initiative petition process.
This proposed resolution:
- Ends majority rule in Missouri's citizen initiative process - allowing a minority of Missourians to override the will of the majority. Allows some votes to weigh more than others. This would end "one person, one vote" in Missouri.
- Includes "ballot candy" designed to trick voters and stoke fear and xenophobia (including "only citizens" can vote; and no foreign funding of IPs - both are already the law).
Missouri voters across the across the political spectrum have used the citizen initiative process for more than a century to advocate for proposals convective, progressive and everything in between. The citizen initiative process is democracy in its purest form.
Senate Democrats who have pledged their support of Majority Rule are filibustering to stop this dangerous assault on our democracy and remove the deceptive "ballot candy." They need our support.
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