YOU are the difference between guaranteeing our century old right to have our voices heard and watching our freedom to have our say disappear forever.
Together we collected 12,000 signatures at No Kings events last weekend. Keep going strong to get the Respect MO Voters amendment on the ballot this year!
The Missouri Secretary of State’s May 3rd petition turn-in deadline is fixed. To ensure every signature is vetted, our internal deadline for signatures is April 19th. We have 21 days left.
If this initiative matters to you, we need you to gather signatures. If we don't hit our targets, the work of thousands of volunteers and the rights of millions of Missourians are put at risk. We are counting on you to take two steps this week.
When people are frustrated with politicians who aren't listening, they look for a way to take a very real, tangible action. That’s why we are gathering signatures at the upcoming No Kings 3 Protests on March 28 and the Municipal Elections on April 7 to meet voters where they are.
Our presence is about one thing: access. We believe that no matter why a voter is frustrated, they deserve a concrete way to take action. Signing this petition is that step. It’s the most effective tool available to ensure Missourians, not politicians, have the final say. We're at 194,000 signatures - let's rally together to keep that number going up!
Respect Missouri Voters sponsored a food drive benefiting the St. James Caring Center’s food distribution programs and a total of $642 was donated to the Caring Center.
These funds play a critical role in supplementing shortages during Commodity Day Food Distribution, ensuring that families continue to receive essential groceries even when supply levels fluctuate. The Caring Center’s primary source of food items is the Food Bank of Missouri, which has reduced its allocations to the Center by approximately 40%. This significant decrease has made it increasingly challenging to maintain full grocery baskets for the community.
In recent years, state ballot initiatives have served as powerful tools to advance economic opportunity for working families. Voters directly have raised the minimum wage, secured paid sick leave, protected abortion access, enacted bail reform, expanded Medicaid, and increased funding for public education—all popular progressive economic policies that some state legislatures have failed to enact. However, some conservative state legislatures have responded by overturning or limiting recent wins. And in the few Southern states where voters can access ballot measures—Arkansas, Florida, and Oklahoma—conservative legislators are waging war against the ballot initiative process itself, attempting to obstruct the will of voters and make it permanently more difficult for the public to directly decide on policy choices.
Through his internship with Northwest’s Center of Policy and Civic Engagement, a Northwest political science major has had the opportunity to host his own ballot initiative educational event.
Senior Kent Onishi hosted his Ballot Initiative Talk March 10 to allow attendees to learn about the process. Associate Professor of Political Science Jessica Gracey and RespectMoVoters St. Joseph Field Director Nancy Zeliff spoke alongside Onishi.
