Weekly Newsletter - April 12

Clockwise from left: Volunteers and state representative at No Kings;  SJ Region volunteers ; SJ Region petition drive;  Volunteer at Mizzou wrestling event; SF notaries stay late, working outside; Volunteers outside Pettis county polling location. We have one week left. Last week, 421 volunteer gatherers delivered 19,000 signatures in just 7 days. Now, imagine the impact if all 1,646 of us who have collected signatures are on the ground at the same time. We CAN reach our goal. It isn't about working harder; it’s about all of us working at once. This is a movement of volunteers asking fellow volunteers to dig deep. We know the weight of this request, because we are carrying it with you. Whatever your reason is for joining this campaign, please lean into that purpose now, and take action. Sign the petition, get trained and/or collect signatures this week. If you’d like to be trained on-site and gather with a buddy, please click on an event below. Notaries will be available! Columbia: Sat, Apr 18 Springfield: Fri, Apr 17 | Sat, Apr 18 | Sun, Apr 19 St. Charles Co: Tue, Apr 14 | Sat, Apr 18| Sun, Apr 19 Jefferson Co: Sat, Apr 18 | Sun, Apr 19  St. Louis Co: Sat, Apr 18 | Sun, Apr 19  Call to Action URGENT: We Need Your Petitions If you have signed petitions at home, get them notarized and turned in ASAP. A signature only counts once it’s in our hands. Find a Notary Event HERE: New events are being added daily. Can’t find an event? Contact your Regional Field Director or field captain immediately. Calling All Notaries Are you a notary registered with the campaign? We need more notary events this week in every region to help gatherers get their petitions in quickly. Please reach out to your Regional Field Director to help. We Want to Hear From YOU! The most important part of the Respect MO Voters campaign is you. Volunteers have collected a record number of signatures in the state of Missouri and this campaign has been fueled by people power from the start. Help us brag about the amazing work of everyday Missourians by sharing your story HERE. > Submit Your Story Signature Gatherers! This Week...Knock Your Block Your neighbors are some of the most likely people to say yes to signing our petition—they know you. Sometime this week, take an hour or two to walk your block, knock a few doors, and ask for signatures. If every volunteer does it, it adds up fast—and can mean thousands of signatures across Missouri > Let us know when you're Done > Check out our Block Counter Phone Banking Help us activate more signature gatherers! Sign up to make calls to our existing volunteers to get them scheduled for upcoming shifts.  We’ll provide all the training you need to get started making calls. Coffee & Calls ☕ Tuesday, April 14 11:30am-1pm RSVP NOW Thursday Phone Bank Thursday, April 16 5pm-6:30pm RSVP NOW Sunday Phone Bank Sunday, April 19 1pm-2:30pm RSVP NOW 🥳 Save the Date: Petition Turn-in and Celebration on Sunday, May 3 in Jefferson City Days of Action Meet at the start location to be assigned a buddy and receive directions for where to gather. Signature Gatherer Training will be available on-the-spot for new volunteers so you can join in right away and be paired with an experienced Qualified Gatherer. Sign up so we can stay connected that day and have supplies ready for you. RSVP for a day and location that works for you with the button below! > DAYS OF ACTION Party With Respect MO Voters 🎉 You're invited!  Join an upcoming comedy event for laughs, fundraising, and training for new gatherers after the stand-up comedy. Bring a friend to join us for the final push to get on the ballot!  Mayor Terry Crow House Party (RSVP by April 12) St. Louis, MO April 14, 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM RSVP NOW Comedy for Democracy Independence, MO April 16, 2026 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM RSVP NOW Comedy at Ballpark Village (RSVP by April 16) St. Louis, MO April 19, 2026 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM RSVP NOW In the News: The Stakes are High As reported in the New York Times, the attack on the citizen initiative isn't just within Missouri's borders. Across multiple states, from Florida to North Dakota, legislatures are threatening direct democracy. Our legislature was singled out for attempting to make the petition process nearly impossible:  "In Missouri, the legislature placed a measure on the ballot that would set an even higher bar: Citizen-sponsored amendments to the state constitution would have to win in each of the state’s eight U.S. [congressional] districts. An initiative that wins 95 percent of the vote statewide could lose if it fails in a single district." This doesn't sound like democracy to us. In this final stretch to ballot qualification, let's turn the tide against the challenges to the citizen initiative! > READ MORE Other Ways to Volunteer Gathering signatures is the most urgent need right now, and it’s what moves this campaign forward. If you want to do more or are looking for a different role, there are other ways to support the campaign too. From outreach to onboarding to behind-the-scenes support, every role helps more signatures get collected and turned in. You can explore opportunities at respectvoters.org/opportunities or reach out to onboarding@respectvoters.org to find where you fit. Get reminders for any of our regular meetings at respectmovoters.org/reminders 🎉 Volunteer Spotlight  🎉 Meet Barbara and Scott Smith, key members of our Pony Express (our incredible team of drivers). They have put in a lot of miles to get supplies and petitions wherever they need to be across the state. Barbara might drive to Mid-Missouri and back and Scott will run loads to and from the Verification Center. No task is too big or too small. They simply do whatever it takes.  Both have been with Respect MO Voters since the early days, and have watched our campaign turn into a more well-oiled machine. "They just needed to find the right people for the right spot," says Barbara.  Keep on trucking, Barbara and Scott! Respect MO Voters is a cross-partisan, grassroots movement building a more ethical, effective government of, by, and for the people. Join our coalition to protect direct democracy from politicians who want to take away our fundamental freedom to self-government. Together, we will use the citizen ballot initiative process to repair our republic. > DONATE Paid for by Respect MO Voters Campaign, Frederic Steinbach, Treasurer Respect MO Voters Campaign 725 Kingsland Ave Suite 100 St. Louis, MO 63130 United States