Statewide ballot measure · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Amendment 6
Would amend the Missouri Constitution to expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right; allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits; prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers; prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both chambers; and preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions.
What a vote means
- A yes vote
- Fair ballot language: A "yes" vote will prohibit the people’s elected representatives from directly amending or changing any law enacted through the initiative process; require that any modifications to laws enacted through the initiative process be referred to the people by a vote of at least 80% of each chamber of the General Assembly; restrict the legislature from passing laws that limit the ability to pursue initiatives and referenda; maintain the current signature requirements of five percent of the individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a law; maintain the current signature requirement of eight percent of individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a constitutional amendment; and maintain the current requirement that a simple statewide majority of votes cast on a measure by individual legal voters is sufficient to enact any law or constitutional amendment.
- A no vote
- Fair ballot language: A "no" vote will not change the current constitutional provisions, which already give citizens the right to propose initiatives and referenda.
Sources
Measure summary
- 2026 Ballot Measures (official ballot titles and fair ballot language) (Missouri Secretary of State, Public record)
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