Issues on the November Ballot

YES ON 6, THE REST ARE TRICKS!

In the November 3, 2026 election, I support a yes vote on Amendment 6 and no votes on Proposition A, Amendment 3, Amendment 7 and Amendment 8. Keep reading for more details on these statewide ballot issues in the November election.

Missouri Proposition A — Congressional District Maps

Ballot wording: Do the people of the state of Missouri approve the act of the General Assembly entitled "House Bill No. 1 (2025 Second Extraordinary Session)," which repeals Missouri's existing congressional plan, and replaces it with new congressional boundaries that keep more counties intact? State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

In 2025, Missouri lawmakers changed the state's congressional district maps. Critics said the new maps were designed to give one political party an advantage.

People Not Politicians collected enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Voters will decide whether to keep the new maps created by the federal government or return to the 2022 maps created by Missouri.

We want congressional district maps that:

• Are compact and connected.

• Have nearly equal numbers of people.

• Are drawn without favoring a political party.

I oppose partisan gerrymandering and the new congressional map.

Missouri Amendment 3 — Reproductive Rights

Ballot wording: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: Repeal the 2024 voter-approved Amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability; Allow abortions for rape and incest (under twelve-weeks' gestation), emergencies, and fetal anomalies; Allow legislation regulating abortion; Ensure parental consent for minors' abortions; Prohibit gender transition procedures for minors? State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. Greene County estimates it may experience an unknown increase in tax revenue. Other local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Amendment 3 was passed in 2024 by a majority of Missourians.  

The Missouri legislators and Attorney General Catherine Hanoway, who called us an uninformed plebiscite, don’t think we understood what we were voting for and are making us vote for the same thing AGAIN. 

In order to drive up voter turnout and to trick the voters, the legislature added unnecessary language about trans kids healthcare (a law that ALREADY exists in Missouri).

This is yet another example of the legislature overturning the will of the people.  

I oppose Amendment 3 because it would limit reproductive rights, resulting in a two tiered healthcare system where men and women have different healthcare rights.

Missouri Amendment 6 — Protecting the Initiative Petition Process

Ballot wording: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended 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? State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Amendment 6 would protect Missouri's initiative petition process. This process allows citizens to collect signatures and put laws and constitutional amendments on the ballot.

In recent years, the Missouri Legislature has changed or overturned laws and amendments approved by voters. Amendment 6 would make it harder for lawmakers to undo decisions made directly by voters.

It would:

• Keep a simple majority as the requirement for passing a constitutional amendment.

• Allow courts to change confusing ballot language making the issues easier for voters to understand.

• Require 80% of both the State Senate and the State House approval to return an issue to voters after they approved it.
  

I support Amendment 6 because it protects the citizen initiative process and gives voters a stronger voice in government.

Missouri Amendment 7 — State Investment Fund

Ballot wording: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to establish a permanent public endowment fund to support state government instead of taxing Missouri residents, prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting the fund, and eliminate state-imposed taxes once the fund generates sufficient revenue to replace them? State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

This is so stupid I don’t know where to start.  

Since Missouri is already in a constitutionally illegal deficit, I do not understand why this is even on the ballot. The most positive estimate I have seen would require more than 130 years for the fund to be of any use to the people of Missouri.

Money used for the fund could instead be used for schools, healthcare, and other public services.

I oppose Amendment 7 because I believe tax money should be used to provide services to people today. Additionally, I believe tax policy belongs in state law, not in the state Constitution.

Missouri Amendment 8 — County Sheriffs

Ballot wording: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to support law enforcement by preserving the right of citizens to elect a county sheriff, prohibiting the removal of a county sheriff except by a writ of quo warranto, and recognizing the office of sheriff as part of the administration of justice? State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Amendment 8 would remove local control over the disciplining and firing of county sheriffs.

In an era where our state government continues to remove control from the people, actively giving up control seems short sighted. Communities are most successful when local control stays local and the community can decide who they want in locally elected offices.

I oppose Amendment 8 because I believe local control and local communities should have a role in deciding how their governments operate.