Ballot Initiatives

Missouri Democrats gathered in St. Louis on Saturday for their annual Truman Dinner, the biggest event of the year for a party that remains on the outs in state politics.

Cole County Judge Daniel Green ordered a new ballot summary on a measure to repeal Amendment 3.

The plan requires constitutional amendments placed before voters through the initiative petition process to pass in a statewide vote and in all eight of Missouri’s congressional districts.

The measure is attached to a ballot initiative that would place a ban on most abortions in the Missouri Constitution.

The legislation also gives the attorney general the ability to appeal preliminary injunctions on ongoing cases.

The Senate also approved a bill that would ban cellphones in schools, and another that would limit the power of the courts to change ballot language.

The two bills heard Wednesday are among several filed that would delay, alter or roll back Proposition A’s changes passed by voters in November.

Missouri Republicans have made multiple attempts in recent years to raise the approval percentage a proposed constitutional amendment needs in order to pass.

In November, Madison County in the Metro East became the first nonrural county to pass a symbolic secession referendum.

At a rally on Thursday, Amendment 3 supporters said they expect legal challenges from legislators who oppose abortion.