By Austin Huguelet Springfield News-Leader s
JEFFERSON CITY Missouri House Republicans are taking another shot at making it harder to change the state constitution.
A resolution passed on a party-line vote Thursday would ask voters to require future amendments to be approved by a two-thirds majority of voters to pass.
The current standard is a simple majority 50 percent plus one.
Sponsoring Rep. Mike Henderson, R-Bonne Terre, told colleagues in floor debate that his plan to raise the standard will ensure that changes to the state’s organizing document have a broad base of support from the people.
“What we’re doing,” he said, “is making sure that issues put into our constitution are things that should be in our constitution.”
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