Last week, the Missouri General Assembly brazenly attacked the will of the people.
Again.
Lawmakers repealed parts of Proposition A, the citizen initiative that passed with 57% support, to raise the minimum wage and secure paid sick leave. Politicians just tore it apart.
And they pushed a near-total abortion ban onto the ballot with misleading language designed to undo Amendment 3, which voters passed with 52%.
They’re not stopping there. The legislature has also passed a law to sabotage future petition initiatives, trying to end the process altogether.
This is not just wrong. It’s a fundamental threat to our freedom.
The people of Missouri have used citizen initiatives for over a century to pass laws when politicians failed us. It’s how Missourians have fought corruption, raised wages, expanded access to health care and kept taxes reasonable.
But instead of respecting voters, our legislature is attacking us — overturning our votes, blocking our needs and using dishonest ballot language to mislead us at the polls. It’s a blatant power grab. And we have one chance to stop it.
That’s why the Respect Missouri Voters Coalition — a grassroots, cross-partisan, volunteer-led campaign — is organizing to pass a constitutional amendment in November 2026 to ban politicians from overturning the will of the people.
Our coalition is broad and diverse. We include the National Organization for Women, Metropolitan Congregations United, Veterans for All Voters, the Missouri NAACP, Show Me Integrity, the St. Louis Association of Community Organizations and many more.
Together, we are standing up for every Missourian — left, right or center — who believes our vote should count and our voice should matter.
Our proposed amendment would do three things:
• Protect voter-passed laws: It would prohibit legislators from changing or repealing anything passed by citizen initiative unless by an 80% bipartisan supermajority to address technical issues.
• Defend the citizen initiative process: It would stop politicians from making it harder to get initiatives on the ballot and pass them.
• Ensure honest ballot language: It would require clear, unbiased language so voters understand exactly what’s at stake.
Make no mistake — this is not a partisan issue.
Politicians from both parties have tried to take away your freedom to use the initiative petition process and put all the power in their hands.
