For years, Missouri Republicans worked to undo or restrict voter-approved laws and amendments. In passing Amendment 6, voters have not only protected the ballot initiative process but also dramatically strengthened their power over the legislature.
Across the country on Tuesday, voters delivered a wave of Democratic victories, flipping seats in Congress as well as state legislatures, and weakening a number of Republican majorities.
Missouri was no exception. Democrats made significant gains in the state House, picking up 16 seats, though Republicans still hold every statewide office and maintain control of the legislature.
Nonetheless, the election was more than just a rebuke of Donald Trump. It reflected a long-simmering frustration with Missouri politicians who, time and again, have sought to override the will of voters — a practice that has intensified under years of Republican control. What’s more, voters went beyond weakening the Republican majority. They approved a constitutional amendment that curtailed the powers of the legislature and shifted more authority directly to the people.
Amendment 6, approved by a decisive margin, sharply limits the legislature’s ability to overturn laws and constitutional amendments enacted through citizen initiatives, and its ability to revive laws voters rejected through referendums.
Missery voters- “we want paid sick leave”
Missery Govt- “Get bent”
Maybe you guys could stop electing people who actively hate you…They would, but a constant diet of Fox News and other misinformation has convinced them to vote Republican.
It won’t change shit, i guarantee it, the machine of the american politics is built to negate citizen initiatives. We got a socialist as mayor of new york who promised to be anti-israel and 3 months in he’s letting nethanyahu waltz over and endorsing zios in his team.
I’m so happy about this. I hate the Missouri lawmakers.
We voted to prevent gerrymandering and they voted to over turn that, then tricked voters into it. We voted on abortion and they keep trying to overturn that. They wanted to overturn marijuana legalizations.
I don’t want to vote on abortion rights every year for the rest of my life. We already settled this and they should fuck off.
Missouri lawmakers: “Maybe if we change the wording to be even more deceptive people will vote the way we want them to.”
Add more Trans. That’ll get them wriled up!
Exactly what they did with abortion rights this year, BTW.
It’s worked here a few times. To my dismay.
Awesome! There’s been way too many headlines along the lines of “legislators overturn referendum from MO.”
Meanwhile in WA state it’s the courts that overturn initiatives.
Hopefully they overturn this latest anti-trans dumpster fire of an initiative.
They going to overturn the other two initiatives too? The hypocrisy coming from people like you is at MAGA levels.
The anti trans initiative is going to have a lot of issues since it is poorly written and discriminates against girls, since girls are required to get certification of their sex before they’re allowed to play sports but boys have no such restrictions.
Expecting legislation to be constitutional is not hypocritical on my part since I have not advocated for other unconstitutional legislation.
I suppose we’re lucky that the dumbass who wrote these god awful initiatives is terrible at writing legally defenceable legislation.
Regardless, your “people like you” coment is rude as hell.
As it should be in any state. Voter led initiatives are where democracy shines.
All the amendments in Missouri were worded so incredibly misleading and fucked up (along with the shit tons in advertising) that I was really worried about what would and would t pass.
The only bad thing on the ballot that made it through was about the Sheriff’s. It barely passed instead of being shot down. Had I not researched what it actually was beforehand, I would have certainly voted yes for it as well.
