News-Press Now: The future of the initiative petition process and how it might affect Missouri democracy

Respect Missouri Voters, a non-partisan organization, is pushing back on legislative efforts to impose more restrictions on the state's initiative petition process.

"It began around the first of 2025," said Nancy Zeliff, a volunteer. "We currently have over 6,700 volunteers statewide, and we have around 1,900 individuals ready to collect signatures on our citizen-driven petition."

The organization is currently working on three key initiatives:

• Banning the state legislature and politicians in Jefferson City from overturning the will of Missouri voters.

• Prohibiting "ballot candy," a term used for misleading language in ballot initiatives.

• Preserving the current initiative petition process

"There's a law that was passed and signed by our governor in April of this year, and it was SB 22," Zeliff said. "Its nickname is called 'Let Politicians Lie', because what's important for the Missouri voters is to have accurate ballot language on our ballots when we vote traditionally in a November election, because that's what the voters read and understand."

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