Ballot Initiatives for Nov. 5
The scary thing about these ballot initiatives is that we can rarely can see how it will be used in the future. We don’t see the fine print, so things aren’t as they seem on the surface.
But here some insights into Amendment 3 —
On November 5th, we must VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 3. What’s at stake is parental rights and the lives of our children. Out-of-state billionaires have corrupted our initiative petition process and are trying to pass Amendment 3 the “Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative.” Do not be fooled by this title. This proposed amendment is a smokescreen for the implementation of the transgender agenda on Missouri’s children and could threaten to remove your parental rights.
Not only will Amendment 3 repeal the Missouri Heartbeat Law, but Amendment 3 would allow full-term and partial-birth abortions up to the time of birth, it would also open the door for the transgender agenda.
If Amendment 3 is approved by voters, it will do the following:
- Remove parental consent by creating a state-sponsored right that can be used by bureaucrats to mislead and kidnap children to allow the children to irreversibly mutilate and forcibly sterilize their reproductive systems
- Repeal the SAFE ACT and allow doctors to mutilate children and provide them with gender-transitioning drugs and hormones
- Will repeal Missouri’s Save Women’s Sports Act and require facilities to allow transgender males to demand access to girls' and women’s activities and spaces
5 Ballot Initiatives on the ballot Nov. 5
Amendment 2:
Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
• Allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to regulate licensed sports wagering including online sports betting, gambling boats, professional sports betting districts and mobile licenses to sports betting operators;
• Restrict sports betting to individuals physically located in the state and over the age of 21;
• Allow license fees prescribed by the Commission and a 10% wagering tax on revenues received to be appropriated for education after expenses incurred by the Commission and required funding of the Compulsive Gambling Prevention Fund; and
• Allow for the general assembly to enact laws consistent with this amendment?
State governmental entities estimate one-time costs of $660,000 and ongoing annual costs of at least $5.2 million. and initial license fee revenue of $11.75 million. Because the proposal allows for deductions against sports gaming revenues, they estimate unknown tax revenue ranging from SO to $28.9 million annually. Local governments estimate unknown revenue.
Amendment 3:
Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
• Establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives, with any governmental interference of that right presumed invalid;
• Remove Missouri’s ban on abortion:
• Allow regulation of reproductive health care to improve or maintain the health of the patient;
• Require the government not to discriminate, in government programs, funding, and other activities, against persons providing or obtaining reproductive health care; and
• Allow abortions to be restricted or banned after Fetal Viability except to protect the life or health of the woman?
State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings, but unknown impact. Local governmental entities estimate costs of at least $51,000 annually in reduced tax revenues. Opponents estimate a potentially significant loss to state revenue
Amendment 6:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to preserve funding of law enforcement personnel for the administration of justice?
State and local governmental entities estimate an unknown fiscal impact.
Amendment 7:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
• Make the Constitution consistent with state law by only allowing citizens of the United States to vote;
• Prohibit the ranking of candidates by limiting voters to a single vote per candidate or issue; and
• Require the plurality winner of a political party primary to be the single candidate at a general election?
State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.
Proposition A:
Do you want to amend Missouri Law to:
• Increase minimum wage January I, 2025 to $13.75 per hour, increasing $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage would be $15.00 per hour;
• Adjust minimum wage based on changes in the Consumer Price Index each January beginning in 2027;
• Require all employers to provide one hour of paid six leave for every thirty hours worked;
• Allow the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide oversight and enforcement, and
• Exempt governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts, and education institutions?
State government entities estimate one-time costs ranging from $0 to 53,000, and ongoing costs ranging from $0 to at least $256,000 per year by 2027. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount depending on business decisions.
