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At a Glance
What Amendment 6 Does
If approved by Missouri voters in November 2026, Amendment 6 would amend the Missouri Constitution to allow special interests and out-of-state billionaires to write Missouri law through the initiative process without vetting, accountability or a practical way to change ANY errors or even update statutes as they age. A6 would empower judges and prohibit ANY future changes to the initiative process. Amendment 6 is the most aggressive attack on our Constitution that we have ever seen. It is imperative that you VOTE NO & that you share this information with every Missouri voter you know.
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Future Changes to the Initiative Process
The General Assembly would be prohibited from proposing substantial changes to the Initiative Petition (IP) process. This is a huge problem, because the IP process is not working as it was designed and it needs attention. If A6 passes, those changes would be unable to be made.
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Fundamental Right Created
Amendment 6 makes the Initiative Petition process a fundamental right.
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Approval Required in House & Senate
If Amendment 6 passes, there will be a requirement of an 80% majority vote in both the Missouri House and the Missouri Senate in order to send the measure to the people for a vote. An 80% majority is unheard of, practically impossible and is not used as a threshold for anything else in Missouri government,
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What Your Vote Means
Here is the simple meaning of a Yes vote and a No vote on Amendment 6.
A “Yes” Vote
A Yes vote empowers special interest groups taking advantage of our IP process - which is broken and needs to be changed in a way that protects all citizens, including rural voters. A6 removes power from elected officials and hands it to those special interest groups and judges.
- Special interest groups can pass Missouri law written by them that benefits them without any accountability. The groups filing to pass initiatives are NEVER held responsible for problems caused by the language they pass. They just get the vote, change the law, reap their rewards and go on their way leaving Missourians to pay the price.
- Judges would be empowered to re-write ballot language.
- Urban voters will always be in control.
A “No” Vote
A No vote means nothing changes. The Missouri Constitution would remain unchanged and Missourians would have an opportunity to correct the Initiative Petition process in a way that protects them from predatory and out-of-state billionaires and special interests.
- Protecting the Republic.
- Citizens would be able to hold those creating laws accountable. This does not happen when laws are passed by IP.
- Elected officials keep the authority & accountability measures they were given by the voters.
- All statutes can be changed, amended and corrected as problems arise or we see unintended consequences due to oversight or the passing of time.
In short:
Yes gives dark money special interests full power to change Missouri statutes without ANY accountability.
No means no change will be made regarding the IP process and we can continue to work on correcting problems - both in our Consitution and in our statutes.
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Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should the legislature be able to overturn the vote of the people?
The legislature's job is to write, pass, amend, and revise Missouri statutes.
Regardless of how the law comes into being - through the legislative process or through initiative, we need to have the ability to change it easily when issues arise as they often do.
Amendment 6 will make it virtually impossible to EVER amend or change a law that was put on the books through the intitiative process. Even a very small administrative change or a change needed due to the passage of time, would require 80% approval in both the House & the Senate THEN have to go through a vote of the people. That is not likely to ever happen.
Because initiatives aren't vetted, debated and the public has no opportunity to speak - before only one "up or down" vote is taken - this puts Missouri at grave risk to be governed NOT by the people you elect but by big money special interests.
Would A6 change how many votes an initiative needs to pass statewide?
No. If Amendment 6 passes, a simple majority will continue to be the requirement for an initiative to pass. In Missouri, our two major cities - St. Louis and Kansas City - carry the simple majority. A simple majority vote reflects a direct democracy. Some people call that "mob rule."
The United States & each individual state, including Missouri, was created to be a Constitutional Republic. This means representatives from different areas or districts are elected to represent the group. The votes made by the elected officials on behalf of the district enable ALL people across the state to be represented fairly and for their voice to matter.
In a republic, the rural areas are represented and their voices are heard in a more equal way. This is how the legislature works. The rural areas have representatives and the urban areas have representatives.
However, passing laws or amendments to the constitution with the initiative process is NOT a system based on a democratic republic. It is a direct democracy.
Many people in Missouri would like to change the way initiatives pass. Some would like to raise the threshold to 57-60% in order to pass. Some would like to implement what's called a concurrent majority.
If A6 passes, that would not be a possibility. Those types of changes would be prohibited along with many other things.
Do all states have an Initiative Petition process?
No. Many states have NO process for citizens or groups to go around the legislature to pass laws. Only 24 states have an initiative process.
Each of the 24 states have different rules pertaining to the initiative petitions and how they function.
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