Campaign Finance: off to the races – part 4

Michael Bersin

2 hours ago

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C264382 09/17/2026 Vote Yes on Amendment 6 Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers Local No. 1. General Account 3325 Hollenberg Drive Bridgeton MO 63044 9/17/2026 $25,000.00

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C264382 09/16/2026 Vote Yes on Amendment 6 Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 36 General Fund 2319 Chouteau Ave St Louis MO 63103 9/16/2026 $250,000.00

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Working people.

On the November ballot:

Amendment 6

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Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:

– expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right;
– allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits;
– prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers;
– prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, – without approval from at least 80% of both chambers; and
– preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Fair Ballot Language:

A “yes” vote will prohibit the people’s elected representatives from directly amending or changing any law enacted through the initiative process; require that any modifications to laws enacted through the initiative process be referred to the people by a vote of at least 80% of each chamber of the General Assembly; restrict the legislature from passing laws that limit the ability to pursue initiatives and referenda; maintain the current signature requirements of five percent of the individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a law; maintain the current signature requirement of eight percent of individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a constitutional amendment; and maintain the current requirement that a simple statewide majority of votes cast on a measure by individual legal voters is sufficient to enact any law or constitutional amendment.

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It is a plan.

Yes on Amendment 6: