AUGUST 4TH

BALLOT AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT 1 - VOTE YES

  • The state of Missouri already has a one tenth of one percent sales tax that goes to support clean water, state parks, and historic sites.

  • The tax is set to expire this year if it is not renewed.

  • If voters approve Amendment 1, this tax will be renewed for 10 more years.

AMENDMENT 4 - VOTE NO

  • The Citizens' Initiative Petition process is so important that it was included in our state constitution

  • This amendment would reduce/remove this option for citizens across the state.

  • Legislators would be able to change laws with 50% of the vote +1, while citizens could only amend laws with 65% or more of the vote.

  • Passing this amendment opens the door to Right to Work legislation.

  • Only 5% of the Missouri population would be able to stop any future citizens' initiative process.

AMENDMENT 5 - VOTE NO

Economists are calling Amendment 5 “The Tax Everything Bill.”

  • If Amendment 5 passes, Missouri state legislators will raise state sales taxes on any goods and/or services, including many services that have never been taxed before.

  • Our current law states that any new sales taxes proposed by politicians must be specifically approved by local voters (The Hancock Amendment).

  • Passing Amendment 5 would allow politicians to raise sales taxes without a vote of the people.

  • 66% of Missouri's operating budget currently comes from income tax. This money would now have to be raised using sales and use taxes.

  • Lawmakers cannot tell us the final impact of the bill, because the bill does not specify what will be taxed.

  • This change gives politicians too much power.