This November, Missouri voters will consider Amendment 7. It’s a misleading measure that the Legislature placed onto the ballot to attack local control and limit voters’ freedom in elections. Unfortunately, it’s part of a pattern.

Candidates in two-person races for city offices could skip a primary and run only in the general election under a plan to be submitted Thursday to the Board of Aldermen.

Four people active in the campaign to pass the “approval voting” measure in 2020 issued a statement Wednesday applauding Clark Hubbard “for proposing a common-sense approach” but stopped short of endorsing the change.
“We look forward to continuing the conversation with the Board of Aldermen on any changes, including potentially sending this to a vote of the people,” they said.

Among the four were representatives of Show Me Integrity, St. Louis Approves and the League of Women Voters’ St. Louis city unit.