Kansas City Star: “Missouri House passes GOP plan to make it harder for voters to change state constitution”

“While Republicans say it’s been too easy to change the state constitution, data provided to The Star earlier this year shows that voters have approved only 40.6% of the 69 citizen-driven initiative petitions placed on the ballot between 1910 and 2022.

A coalition of Missouri conservatives have also pushed back against the proposal, saying it infringes on voters’ freedom to place checks on the legislature.

‘Republicans in the Senate should stand up for conservative values and filibuster the motion,” said Carl Bearden, a Republican who served as speaker pro tem in the Missouri House from 2005 to 2007. Bearden called on lawmakers to “block this government power grab now and forever.’”

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