Missouri Independent - Rudi Keller

The Missouri Supreme Court overturned a decision that the measure, which will appear as Amendment 6, unconstitutionally included more than one subject

St. Louis Public Radio - Jason Rosenbaum

The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday placed a measure on the Nov. 3 ballot that would make it much harder for the legislature to overturn voter-approved initiatives.

Columbia Missourian - Emily Skidmore, Jordan Davis and Anika Austvold

The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in three cases that could reshape how much power Missourians have to challenge their lawmakers through initiatives and referendums.

Missouri Independent - Rudi Keller

If the judges agree that the proposal should be on the ballot, Missourians will decide if they want to erect high hurdles for lawmakers to change voter-initiated laws

Kansas City Star - Jack Harvel

A Missouri judge ruled that a ballot measure strengthening Missouri’s most visible form of direct democracy will not be on November ballots, siding with Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.

News Tribune - Jack Wardynski

Chants of "Let MO vote!" and "Yes on 6!" rang out Friday in front of the office of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The statewide coalition Respect Missouri Voters organized a rally outside the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center to protest Hoskins' decision to keep Amendment 6 off the November ballot.

KMIZ - Sutton Parker

Respect Missouri Voters held a rally on Friday at the Missouri Secretary of State Office this afternoon.

Missouri Independent - Jason Hancock

The Respect Missouri Voters lawsuit challenges both Denny Hoskins’ rejection of the petition and his attempt to replace a ballot title certified last year

STLPR - Sarah Kellogg

Voters soundly rejected Amendment 4 on Tuesday, with the no votes polling 81.7% when the race was called at 8:23 p.m.

KMOX - The Chris & Amy Show

Benjamin Singer is the Campaign Director for Respect Missouri Voters, leading the campaign against Missouri Amendment 4 on the August ballot. He says initiative campaigns would be forced to get majority votes in every congressional district to pass, a failure in one district would result in failure. He points out that the change would only impact initiative petitions put forth by citizens, and not amendments put forth by the legislature.

Ballotpedia - Nicole Fisher

In four states—Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska—campaigns submitted signatures for ballot initiatives that would limit legislative changes to the initiative process. Voters could decide the measures in Nov. 2026.

KMIZ - Marie Moyer

August voters are set to decide on Amendment 4, which looks to increase the required number of votes needed for a citizen petition to pass.

The Voice - Bonita Gooch

The group, Respect MO Voters Coalition, submitted more than 367,000 signatures Sunday to the Secretary of State’s office, aiming to place a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot.

Missouri Independent - Faith Jacoby

A group called the Respect MO Voters Coalition turned in what it called a record-breaking number of petition signatures on Sunday to the Secretary of State’s office for a proposed constitutional amendment to appear on the 2026 ballot.

Competing measures could reshape how Missouri voters amend the Constitution, with one protecting access and another raising approval thresholds statewide.

The political action committee Respect Missouri Voters submitted 367,000 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State on Sunday for an initiative petition that would require Secretary Denny Hoskins to write clear and unbiased ballot language.

KOMU - Makinsey Drake

JEFFERSON CITY — Hundreds gathered with the Respect Missouri Voters coalition as the group submitted petition signatures for a constitutional amendment that aims to protect Missouri's initiative petition process Sunday.

The Respect Missouri Voters campaign submitted more than 367,000 signatures on a petition to get their question in front of voters. Hundreds of volunteers from across the state gathered at noon to submit the petitions, more than double the number required to qualify the citizen initiative for the 2026 ballot.

Kansas City Star - Kacen Bayless

Missouri legislators have over the past several years sought to overhaul the state’s initiative petition process, a more than a century-old form of direct democracy that allows voters to collect signatures and put policy measures to a statewide vote.

STLPR - Jason Rosenbaum

Backers of the Respect Missouri Voters initiative said they delivered more than 350,000 signatures to Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ office on Sunday. If they reach certain signature thresholds in six out of eight congressional districts, the proposed constitutional amendment will be on the November ballot.