Shall Article III of the Constitution of Missouri be amended by adding a new section eight that would prohibit a person from serving more than eight years in either the state House of Representatives or state Senate, or a total of 16 years in both houses, with any service resulting from an election or appointment occurring prior to the effective date of this amendment not counted toward the total number of years a person could serve?
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Click Show to read details about the election-related measures on statewide ballots in From through , the Missouri State Legislature referred 41 constitutional amendments to the ballot.
All but one of the amendments were on the ballot in even-numbered years. Voters approved 31 of the referred amendments. The average number of amendments appearing on the ballot during an even-numbered election year was three.
In , one constitutional amendment appeared on the ballot. The approval rate at the ballot box was 76 percent during the year period from through The last time voters rejected a referred amendment was in In Missouri, a constitutional amendment requires a simple majority vote in each chamber of the Missouri State Legislature during one legislative session. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri Senate , assuming no vacancies.
Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. At least 18 votes were needed to pass SJR As three seats were vacant in the state House, 81 votes were needed to pass SJR Click "Show" to learn more about voter registration, identification requirements, and poll times in Missouri.
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On January 14, , the Missouri Supreme Court , in a ruling, upheld a lower court's decision striking down a state law that required voters without photo ID to sign affidavits before voting. Consequently, voters in Missouri may present either photo or non-photo identification at the polls and cast regular ballots without signing affidavits.
On October 9, , Richard Callahan, a state court judge, originally enjoined the affidavit provision. Callahan found that the affidavit's language was "contradictory and misleading," requiring signers to "swear that they do not possess a form of personal identification approved for voting while simultaneously presenting to the election authority a form of personal identification that is approved.
Callahan also ordered officials not to distribute any materials indicating that a photo ID is required to vote. State officials appealed to the state supreme court, asking the court to stay Callahan's order. On October 19, , the state supreme court denied the request for a stay, but permitted the appeal to proceed. This allowed Callahan's order to stand in advance of the November 6, , election. The state supreme court heard oral arguments in the appeal in October Russell wrote, "Because the affidavit requirement of sections Further, the circuit court did not err in enjoining the State from requiring individuals who vote under the non-photo identification option provided in section Powell, joined by Fischer, wrote the following in his dissent: "If the affidavit requirement set forth in section A total of 21 states required voters to present photo identification at the polls; the remainder accepted other forms of identification.
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Preparing to vote in ? Preview your ballot! Jump to: navigation , search. Missouri State Senator and sponsor of the measure Tony Luetkemeyer R : "The voters of Missouri have made it clear they emphatically support term limits. This measure will bring consistency to our term limits for all state officials and prevent them from becoming career politicians.
I do think that those are a little different categorically and functionally than those top executive positions. The campaign finance information on this page reflects the most recently scheduled reports processed by Ballotpedia Campaign finance report filing deadlines vary by state. Scheduled deadlines are usually based on periodic requirements—such as monthly or quarterly reports—or certain lengths of time before and after elections.
Senator Mike Cierpiot won a November special election to complete a vacated term of fewer than two years. He was able to run for a full term in and was successful. Senator Lauren Arthur won a June special election to complete a vacated term of more than two years.
She will be able to run for a full term in and was successful. Missouri Constitution Article III — Legislative Department Section 8 — Term limitations for members of the General Assembly Term limits language as originally adopted November 3, No one shall be elected or appointed to serve more than eight years total in any one house of the General Assembly nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly.
In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from an election or appointment prior to the effective date of this section shall not be counted. Current term limits language as amended November 5, , to include the partial service provision No one shall be elected to serve more than eight years total in any one house of the General Assembly nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly.
In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from an election prior to December 3, , or service of less than one year, in the case of a member of the house of representatives, or two years, in the case of a member of the senate, by a person elected after the effective date of this section to complete the term of another person, shall not be counted. Did You Know Homepage. Term limits: a statutory restriction on the number of terms an official or officeholder may serve.
Ineligible for Re-Election. Doug Beck. Bob Onder. Elaine Gannon. Karla May. Steve Roberts. Mike Bernskoetter.
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