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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:

expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right;
allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits;
prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers;
prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both chambers; and
preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

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prohibiting the legislature from repealing or amending a citizen initiative unless at least 80% of both the House and Senate vote to refer a proposed change to the ballot, and voters then approve the change,
providing that courts can revise ballot summaries through lawsuits,
providing that the initiative and referendum process is a fundamental right,
preserving the signature requirements and simple majority vote requirements for initiatives and referendums, and
prohibiting the legislature from weakening the citizen initiative and referendum process, which includes raising signature thresholds, shortening signature gathering periods, narrowing allowable subject matter, creating additional requirements for signature gatherers, and other provisions.

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prohibiting the legislature from repealing or amending a citizen initiative unless at least 80% of both the House and Senate vote to refer a proposed change to the ballot, and voters then approve the change,
providing that courts can revise ballot summaries through lawsuits,
providing that the initiative and referendum process is a fundamental right,
preserving the signature requirements and simple majority vote requirements for initiatives and referendums, and
prohibiting the legislature from weakening the citizen initiative and referendum process, which includes raising signature thresholds, shortening signature gathering periods, narrowing allowable subject matter, creating additional requirements for signature gatherers, and other provisions.

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Do the people of the state of Missouri approve the act of the General Assembly entitled “House Bill No. 1 (2025 Second Extraordinary Session),” which repeals Missouri’s existing congressional plan, and replaces it with new congressional boundaries that keep more counties intact?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:\n\n

Repeal the 2024 voter-approved Amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability;
Allow abortions for rape and incest (under twelve-weeks’ gestation), emergencies, and fetal anomalies;
Allow legislation regulating abortion;
Ensure parental consent for minors’ abortions;
Prohibit gender transition procedures for minors?

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repeal the constitutional right to reproductive freedom, which voters ratified in 2024;
prohibit abortions except in cases of \"medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape, or incest,\" and permit abortions in cases of rape or incest only through 12 weeks of gestation;
prohibit gender transition surgeries for minors, as well as the prescription or administration of cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to minors, with an exception for treatments \"unrelated to the purpose of a gender transition;\" and make other changes.

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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to support law enforcement by preserving the right of citizens to elect a county sheriff, prohibiting the removal of a county sheriff except by a writ of quo warranto, and recognizing the office of sheriff as part of the administration of justice?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to establish a permanent public endowment fund to support state government instead of taxing Missouri residents, prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting the fund, and eliminate state-imposed taxes once the fund generates sufficient revenue to replace them?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

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