Change Voter Threshold for Constitutional Amendments

What’s happening? Missouri lawmakers are moving a measure to require a majority vote of eligible voters to amendment the state constitution. Currently, the threshold is a majority of voters voting.

Why is this important? Walk through this. Say the state has 1 million eligible voters. Currently let’s say 500,000 voters usually vote. A constitutional amendment would currently pass with 250,001 votes. But, under this bill it would require 500,001 voters to approve, a majority of eligible voters.

How will this be important? No constitutional change would pass. Some want to shut down initiative and referendum and others want to protect the constitution.

AP | Missouri House Seeks to Raise Bar to Amend Constitution