Missouri Republicans Have Come Up With a New Way to Blow Up Democracy
Worried that voters might choose to enshrine abortion rights, GOP lawmakers are trying to deform the constitutional amendment process.
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Worried that voters might choose to enshrine abortion rights, GOP lawmakers are trying to deform the constitutional amendment process.
Missouri voters passed Amendment 3, a redistricting and lobbying measure meant to amend a ballot initiative approved in 2018, with 51% of the vote on Election Day. The amendment’s biggest impact is changing who draws state legislative districts. A bipartisan commission of 20 state senators and 20 state representatives appointed by Gov. Mike Parson will now create the boundaries. Seventy percent of them must agree on a map to finalize it. Amendment 3 also lowers the amount lobbyists can give politicians from $5 to $0, and it lowers the campaign contribution limit for state Senate campaigns ...