St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Republicans press forward with plan to make it harder to change Missouri Constitution

While Missouri lawmakers are debating the proposed changes, a bipartisan group called the *Respect Voters Coalition* has launched a campaign to prevent [them] from changing the way state ballot measures are approved.

The coalition is holding a series of town halls across the state to gather citizen input on a proposed amendment that would prohibit politicians from changing the initiative petition process.

“During the past session, the Missouri Legislature placed deceptive language on the 2024 ballot, and attempted to pass multiple bills that would effectively gut the ballot initiative process, stripping away a Constitutional right from Missourians. Their attacks aim to make it impossible for the people to have a check on government power,” the group said in announcing its plans.

The organization plans to file an initiative petition in late April and launch the process of collecting a minimum of 300,000 signatures from residents in six of Missouri’s eight congressional districts.

You can read the full article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s website here.