Jefferson City News Tribune: Voters’ rights advocacy group gathers signatures for ballot initiative

Nearly 1,000 volunteers with the Respect Missouri Voters Coalition gathered signatures Wednesday night as part of a campaign aimed at protecting majority rule in Missouri.

A ballot initiative drafted by the group would create the Respect Missouri Voters amendment to "ban the legislature from deceiving voters with confusing ballot language, ban them from making the initiative process harder to use and ban them from overturning the will of the people."

The campaign started last year but is progressing to a new stage as the legislature holds a special session aimed at approving a gerrymandered congressional map and a resolution that threatens the initiative petition process.

The Respect Missouri Voters Coalition promotes people checking the power of politicians, an issue highlighted in the special session with House Joint Resolution 3. The resolution would require that state constitutional amendments proposed by the public receive a majority vote in all eight districts, while amendments proposed by the legislature would only require a statewide majority vote.

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