#missouri ballot

[destielmemenews]

"Missouri is currently enforcing a total abortion ban with exceptions for medical emergencies. The ballot measure's proposal to enshrine the right to abortion until fetal viability - typically around 24 weeks in pregnancy - drew support from 52% of Missouri voters in a St. Louis University/YouGov poll conducted from Aug. 9-16. The measure would need more than 50% support to pass."

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[iwriteaboutfeminism]

ABC News

Abortion rights supporters have prevailed in all seven states that already had decided ballot measures since 2022: California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Ohio and Vermont.

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The Missouri ballot measure would create a right to abortion until a fetus could likely survive outside the womb without extraordinary medical measures. Fetal viability generally has been considered to be around 23 or 24 weeks into pregnancy but has shifted downward with medical advances. The ballot measure would allow abortions after fetal viability if a health care professional determines it’s necessary to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.

[whenweallvote]

Just three hours before the deadline, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled abortion will be on the ballot this November. 🗳️

This November, voters in Missouri will have an opportunity to make their voice heard on abortion and reproductive healthcare like birth control.

Missouri is one of at least 10 states to vote on reproductive health-related measures this fall. There are just eight weeks left until Election Day — make sure you are registered and ready to vote right now at the 🔗 in our bio.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jason Rosenbaum at STLPR, via NPR:

ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10. Missouri could soon join them. If approved by voters, a GOP-backed measure set for the state ballot this fall would amend Missouri’s constitution to ban ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank candidates and ensures the winner gains majority support, as compared to the vast majority of elections, where someone can win with a plurality of votes. “We believe in the one person, one vote system of elections that our country was founded upon,” Missouri state Sen. Ben Brown, the ballot measure’s sponsor, said in an interview. In the 2022 election cycle, a group of Republicans and Democrats unsuccessfully sought to advance a ranked choice voting proposal in Missouri. That would have instituted nonpartisan primaries for statewide, congressional and state legislative elections. The top four candidates would advance to the general election, where voters could then rank candidates from favorite to least favorite. If someone gets a majority of initial votes, they win. If no one gets a majority, the fourth place contender would be eliminated. And voters who ranked that candidate first would have their vote go to their second choice. This process would continue until a candidate gets a majority.

The Republican war on ranked-choice voting, including in Missouri, is an attack on democracy, as red states have passed preemption laws banning municipalities and counties from enacting RCV.

[luckydiorxoxo]

––If you vote in one of these ten states, abortion rights are on your ballot!

NEW YORK *flip your ballot* and vote YES on Prop 1, Equal Protection of Law Amendment.

ARIZONA vote YES on Prop 139, Right to Abortion Initiative.

COLORADO vote YES on Amendment 79, Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative.

FLORIDA vote YES on Amendment 4, Right to Abortion Initiative.

MISSOURI vote YES on Amendment 3, Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative.

MARYLAND vote YES on Question 1, Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.

MONTANA vote YES on Constitutional Initiative 128, Right to Abortion Initiative.

NEBRASKA vote YES on Nebraska Initiative 439 Right to Abortion Initiative ** and vote NO on 434 (this second anti-abortion measure was drafted specifically to confuse voters!)

NEVADA vote YES on Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative.

SOUTH DAKOTA vote YES on Constitutional Amendment G, Right to Abortion Initiative

[thestorycontinues]

PASSED! Amendment 3: Right to Abortion

Amends the Missouri Constitution to provide the right for reproductive freedom, which is defined as "the right to make and carry out decisions about all matters relating to reproductive health care, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion care, miscarriage care, and respectful birthing conditions," and providing that the state legislature may enact laws that regulate abortion after fetal viability, which is defined in the initiative as "in the good faith judgment of a treating health care professional and based on the particular facts of the case, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus’s sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures."

PASSED! Proposition A: Increase Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time

Establishes a $13.75 per hour minimum wage by 2025, which would be increased by $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage is $15 per hour. Requires employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

-- It's not a cure-all, but it's at least one step forward.

[mythigal1966]

Let's talk about big wins for women in AZ and MO and 2024....

[poyitjdr]

Here’s some *very* relevant items that will be on the Missouri ballot this November:

Get out there and *VOTE* y’all

Remember Khaliifah Marcellus Williams! A black Muslim man falsely accused. Remember that he's innocent. Remember that the governor of Missouri, mike Parson who had the opportunity to save this man's life, decided not to. Remember all but three supreme court justices decided his life wasn't worth saving either. Remember his face. Remember his Last words. And remember how fucked up this country is

Rest in peace Marcellus

[trendynewsnow]

The Impact of Abortion on the 2024 Presidential Election

The Pivotal Role of Abortion in the 2024 Presidential Election Abortion remains one of the most divisive issues in American politics, and its significance is expected to escalate during the upcoming presidential election. In addition to national contests, tens of millions of voters across the United States will also determine whether to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions. A…

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First time election voters psa

You are not allowed to wear your candidates gear not even a hat pin, you will be turned away and have to change outfits

Make sure you have a valid id at least in Missouri look up your states requirements

Phones might be allowed in booths but once again check with you state, most say that you can’t take a picture of your ballot

Candidate canvassers are not allowed within several feet of the polling station entrance varies by state so be sure to look it up for your state if they are breaking the law report them to polling station workers

It is public information that you voted but it’s private about how you voted, ie nobody will know unless you tell them

If you mess up on a paper ballot you’re allowed to request a new one

If using a machine and it malfunctions alert the poll workers

Polls close at 7:00pm but as long as you are in line before then, stay you have the right to vote

If any issues arises during voting contact your state’s election board to file a comlaint

Most importantly happy Election Day and vote like your life depends on it because it does

[harriswalz4usabybr]

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 - Tim Walz

Governor Walz and Governor Kelly continued their swing through the midwest today and focused on the state of Missouri, a state we know is a long shot in terms of electoral map, but that we view as important in the America of tomorrow under a Harris-Walz Administration. The 'official' schedule of today's events is below.

Joplin, MO Event Location: Missouri Southern State University Spiva Library Event Type: Listening Tour Event Time: 8:00 - 11:00 CT *This listening tour was focused on primary and secondary teachers, principals, and librarians from across the state. The state of Missouri has attacked our rights to books, by trying to restrict funding to libraries and instating book bans. This affects education and Governor Walz views this group as an important constituency. The event garnered over 200 attendees and many stories were shared.

Springfield, MO Event Location: Missouri State University Event Type: Get Out the Vote Event Time: 13:00 - 16:00 CT *Governor Walz focused on-campus with student volunteers and Governor Kelly focused off-campus with democrat campaign volunteers for the region. Mail-in ballots and voter registration were major topics with students. Additionally, we had a small lunch with some students and connected them with student social media ambassadors for our campaign via Zoom.

Rolla, MO Event Location: Missouri S&T Gibson Arena Event Type: Campaign Rally Event Time: 19:00 - 21:00 CT *Full-text of the speech from this rally will be released shortly.

~BR~

[archaalen]

Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot | AP News

[justinspoliticalcorner]

David Nir at Daily Kos Elections:

Missouri Democrats scored a major win on Friday after Republicans abandoned their effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The victory paves the way for a ballot measure that would restore abortion rights to pass with just a simple majority this fall. The stunning climb-down came thanks to a record-breaking Democratic filibuster and bitter internal divisions among Republicans, both between warring factions in the Senate and between the upper and lower chambers of the legislature. Republicans were open about their desire to thwart an effort to undo Missouri's near-total ban on abortion by moving the goalposts for an amendment that's likely to appear on the ballot in November.

To that end, they sought to place a measure on the Aug. 6 primary ballot—just ahead of the November vote—that would require amendments to win not only majority support among voters statewide, as is currently required, but also a majority in five of the state's eight congressional districts. Those rules would have made it much harder to pass progressive proposals—but not conservative measures—thanks in large part to Republican gerrymandering. The fifth "bluest" district in the state (northern Missouri's 6th District) voted for Donald Trump by a daunting 37-point margin, putting it far to the right of the state as a whole, which Trump won by 16 points in 2020. By contrast, the tipping-point district for conservatives would have been the 3rd District, which backed Trump by 26 points.

[...] Like any confection, this candy was sugary, empty, and unnecessary. Republicans proposed to woo conservatives by including provisions that would ban non-citizens from voting and prohibit foreign political donations—things that are already illegal under state and federal law. Democrats were prepared to fight the GOP's amendment fair and square at the ballot box and would have let Republicans send it to voters (albeit with Democrats voting against it) without any blandishments. But they objected furiously to the inclusion of conservative candy. And they had good reason to, since this tactic had proven successful in the past: In 2020, voters repealed a redistricting reform measure they'd passed in a landslide two years earlier by narrowly adopting a Republican amendment that included some fig-leaf ethics reforms.

The Senate's Democratic minority turned to one of the few tools at its disposal to keep ballot candy off the ballot. In February, Democrats successfully staged a 20-hour filibuster that led the chamber to pass a version without these artificial sweeteners, though the measure's sponsor, Republican Mary Elizabeth Coleman, said at the time the battle to reinsert them wasn't over.

[...] As a result, on Thursday afternoon, the House rejected the Senate's request for a confab. Democrats, their bodies exhausted but their spirits energized, stood ready to renew their parliamentary marathon, knowing they would only have to sustain it until 6 PM local time on Friday—the drop-dead end of the legislative session. That turned out to be unnecessary. While the chamber's leader, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, made one last public attempt early Friday morning to encourage the House to pass a ballot candy-free version of the amendment, the Senate adjourned a short time later. [...] Now the focus will be on November, when voters are very likely to have the chance to reinstate the right to an abortion. Earlier this month, reproductive rights advocates submitted more than double the number of signatures needed to place their amendment on the ballot. A review of those signatures is pending, but few in Missouri doubt they'll hold up—which is why Republicans were so desperately trying to pass their amendment.

Great news in Missouri: The Republican bid to end simple majority rule at the ballot box got quashed, thanks to the Senate Democrats filibustering SJR74.

That means an abortion access ballot measure will be on the ballot come November.

[mari-buginette]

For anyone voting today for Greene county, MO:

I’ve done research into the issues on the ballot April 2, 2024. Here is a guide with personal insight for Tumblr lgbtq+ individuals.

1) the question of if a mayor should be allowed to hold office for 4 years instead of 2, total 8 years with re-election.

No. Never let an official be safe from being evaluated for longer than necessary. Term limits keep officials accountable.

2) should the code of ethics for state employees be revised?

No. They try to get you with the word ethics. Currently a state employee is termed if monetary gain happens outside the channels of there job. Getting $ benefits from other enterprises, like real estate sells they had a .gov hand in, accepting bribes, etc. they want to change the law so that the mayor gets to review and decide if they’re in trouble or not, with the attorney’s input saying it’s not illegal before the action happened. They also get to rewrite the rules once a year. Not all bad, except who will benefit, and why change the language every year?

The example they cite is a teenager being hired to mow lawns who is a state employee’s child. Stop right there and ask yourself why a child is being hired to do adult work on government property.

This is a clear “more harm than good” policy if you have anyone not purely uninterested in personal gain in office. Corruption red flag.

Candidates for the school board:

3 positions open.

Best candidates: not great, it’s the best we have right now. These have been endorsed by the PAC, as non partisan candidates. i.e. not 100% Republican / Democrat.

Sherman-Wilkins supports nonpartisan schools and stopping religious influence controlling how public schools are run.

Kincaid: committed to making decisions instead of as she says, just punting (not voting to avoid dislike). Admits she has no kids and is a lawyer.

Crise: He is a business guy, and will rely on stakeholders for some decisions. Boo. He also stressed wanting to ask students what they need though.

Worst:

Mohammadkhani supports Moms for Liberty, the book banning group. Sad about this since she also states she wants to help lower income families.

McCarter quoted as saying he is endorsed by “groups that you may consider have a sort of a conservative leaning.” He means MAGA.

Rollins: opposes critical race theory and plans to seek Republican Mary Byrnes advice.

Provance: a girls athletic coach. She is endorsed by PAC, but is endorsed by Republican Mary Byrnes who is very anti lgbt, so likely against trans inclusion.

Do your own research if you can!

[liberalsarecool]

Great news for Missouri.

Women will turn out. Grab them by the ballot!

[politijohn]

You might not be excited to vote for President this election, but know there are over 150 ballot initiatives across the country you should consider.

Abortion is on the ballot in ten states:

Increasing the minimum wage is on the ballot in Alaska, California, Massachusetts, and Missouri.

Guaranteed paid sick leave is on the ballot in Alaska, Nebraska, and Missouri.

Banning forced prison labor is on the ballot in California and Nevada.

Banning gerrymandering is on the ballot in Ohio (despite confusing language approved by their Supreme Court).

Regulating SuperPACs is on the ballot in Maine.

Protecting public education is on the ballot in Nebraska.

Easing gig economy unionization efforts is on the ballot in Massachusetts.

Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in Oregon, Missouri, and DC.

Legalizing marijuana is on the ballot in Nebraska, Florida, South Dakota, and North Dakota.