Respect MO Voters

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We want to use the initiative petition process to protect the initiative process, but we need your help! Join us! RespectMOVoters.org/join

Overhauling the state’s initiative petition process would mean that instead of a simple majority, constitutional amendments brought through the citizen petition process would require a majority approval from inside each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts.

Missouri Amendment 4 would make it harder for voters to change constitution. What to know

If approved by Missouri voters on Aug. 4, 2026, Amendment 4 would raise the threshold to change the state constitution t

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"[I]f Amendment 4 passes, large PACs and politicians may no longer need to campaign statewide. Instead, they could concentrate their resources in congressional districts where they have the greatest chance of influencing the outcome."

PERSPECTIVE: Amendments 4, 5 take control from voters | Jefferson City News-Tribune

Gov. Mike Kehoe said in his 2026 State of the State address, "Eliminating the income tax is not about runaway sales taxes, and I will never support extending sales taxes on agriculture, health care, o...

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"Missouri’s proposal would go further than raising a statewide percentage or demanding signatures from more places. It would tie final approval of citizen-led amendments to congressional districts — political boundaries drawn by lawmakers." Amendment 4 is a politicians' power-grab!

Missouri Independent@missouriindependent.com · 2mo ago

The 2016 amendment won statewide with 57% of the vote, a margin of more than 375,000 votes. Under Amendment 4, its 31,500-vote loss in one district would have killed it. #moleg #mogov