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MO Rev Stat § 115.932 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.932 - Compliance, court may issue injunction or grant other equitable relief.

Effective - 01 Jul 2014   115.932. Compliance, court may issue injunction or grant other equitable relief. — A court may issue an injunction or grant other equitable relief appropriate to ensure substantial compliance with, or enforce, sections 115.900 to 115.936 on application by:  (1) A covered voter alleging a grievance under sections 115.900 to 115.936; or  (2) An election authority in this state. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 116)  Effective 7-01-14
MO Rev Stat § 115.934 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.934 - Uniformity of law to be considered.

Effective - 01 Jul 2014   115.934. Uniformity of law to be considered. — In applying and construing sections 115.900 to 115.936, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 116)  Effective 7-01-14
MO Rev Stat § 115.936 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 115 - Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections|Section 115.936 - Act to supersede other federal law, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 2014   115.936. Act to supersede other federal law, when. — Sections 115.900 to 115.936 modify, limit, and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq., but shall not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b). ­­-------- (L. 2013 S.B. 116)  Effective 7-01-14
MO Rev Stat § 116.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.010 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997, 2 histories   116.010. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates,  (1) "County" means any one of the several counties of this state or the city of St. Louis;  (2) "Election authority" means a county clerk or board of election commissioners, as established by section 115.015;  (3) "General election" means the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years;  (4) "Official ballot title" means the summary statement and fiscal note summary prepared for all statewide ballot measures in accordance with the provisions of this chapter which shall be placed on the ballot and, when applicable, shall be the petition title for initiative or referendum petitions;  (5) "Statewide ballot measure" means a constitutional amendment submitted by initiative petition, the general assembly or a constitutional convention; a statutory measure submitted by initiative or referendum petition; the question of holding a constitutional convention; and a constitution proposed by a constitutional convention;  (6) "Voter" means a person registered to vote in accordance with section 115.151. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
MO Rev Stat § 116.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.020 - Application of laws.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981, 2 histories   116.020. Application of laws. — This chapter shall apply to elections on statewide ballot measures. The election procedures contained in chapter 115 shall apply to elections on statewide ballot measures, except to the extent that the provisions of chapter 116 directly conflict, in which case chapter 116 shall prevail, and except to the extent that a constitutional convention's provisions under Section 3(c) of Article XII of the Constitution directly conflict, in which case the convention's provisions shall prevail. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658)  Effective 1-01-81
MO Rev Stat § 116.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.025 - Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   116.025. Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place. — The secretary of state within twenty days of receiving a statewide ballot measure shall prepare and transmit to the attorney general fair ballot language statements that fairly and accurately explain what a vote for and what a vote against the measure represent. Each statement shall be posted in each polling place next to the sample ballot. Such fair ballot language statements shall be true and impartial statements of the effect of a vote for and against the measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure. In addition, such fair ballot language shall include a statement as to whether the measure will increase, decrease, or have no impact on taxes, including the specific category of tax. Such fair ballot language statements may be challenged in accordance with section 116.190. The attorney general shall within ten days approve the legal content and form of the proposed statements. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 511)
MO Rev Stat § 116.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.050 - Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997, 2 histories   116.050. Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements. — 1. Initiative and referendum petitions filed under the provisions of this chapter shall consist of pages of a uniform size. Each page, excluding the text of the measure, shall be no larger than eight and one-half by fourteen inches. Each page of an initiative petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the proposed measure. Each page of a referendum petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the measure on which the referendum is sought.  2. The full and correct text of all initiative and referendum petition measures shall:  (1) Contain all matter which is to be deleted included in its proper place enclosed in brackets and all new matter shown underlined;  (2) Include all sections of existing law or of the constitution which would be repealed by the measure; and  (3) Otherwise conform to the provisions of Article III, Section 28 and Article III, Section 50 of the Constitution and those of this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
MO Rev Stat § 116.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.060 - Initiative and referendum petitions, who may sign — residents of one county only on a designated page.

Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories   116.060. Initiative and referendum petitions, who may sign — residents of one county only on a designated page. — Any registered voter of the state of Missouri may sign initiative and referendum petitions. However, each page of an initiative or referendum petition shall contain signatures of voters from only one county. Each petition page filed with the secretary of state shall have the county where the signers are registered designated in the upper right-hand corner of such page. Signatures of voters from counties other than the one designated by the circulator in the upper right-hand corner on a given page shall not be counted as valid. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-16-99
MO Rev Stat § 116.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.070 - Petitioner may sign by mark, procedure.

Effective - 01 Jan 1981, 2 histories   116.070. Petitioner may sign by mark, procedure. — When any voter wishes to sign an initiative or referendum petition and is unable to sign his name, the circulator shall print the required information on the petition. The voter shall then make his mark, and the circulator shall attest to it by his signature. For purposes of this chapter, all marks made and attested in accordance with this section shall be considered signatures. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658)  Effective 1-01-81
MO Rev Stat § 116.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.080 - Qualifications of circulator — affidavit, notarization, penalty.

Effective - 04 Nov 2014, 3 histories   116.080. Qualifications of circulator — affidavit, notarization, penalty. — 1. Each petition circulator shall be at least eighteen years of age and registered with the secretary of state. Signatures collected by any circulator who has not registered with the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter on or before 5:00 p.m. on the final day for filing petitions with the secretary of state shall not be counted. A petition circulator shall be deemed registered at the time such circulator delivers a signed circulator's affidavit pursuant to section 116.030, with respect to a referendum petition, or section 116.040, with respect to an initiative petition, to the office of the secretary of state. No person shall qualify as a petition circulator who has been convicted of, found guilty of, or pled guilty to an offense involving forgery under the laws of this state or an offense under the laws of any other jurisdiction if that offense would be considered forgery under the laws of this state.  2. Each petition circulator shall subscribe and swear to the proper affidavit on each petition page such circulator submits before a notary public commissioned in Missouri. When notarizing a circulator's signature, a notary public shall sign his or her official signature and affix his or her official seal to the affidavit only if the circulator personally appears before the notary and subscribes and swears to the affidavit in his or her presence.  3. Any circulator who falsely swears to a circulator's affidavit knowing it to be false is guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section 560.021* to the contrary, for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2013 H.B. 117)  Effective 11-04-14  *Section 560.021 was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
MO Rev Stat § 116.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.090 - Petition signature fraud, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   116.090. Petition signature fraud, penalty. — 1. Any person who commits any of the following actions is guilty of the crime of petition signature fraud:  (1) Signs any name other than his or her own to any petition, or who knowingly signs his or her name more than once for the same measure for the same election, or who knows he or she is not at the time of signing or circulating the same a Missouri registered voter and a resident of this state; or  (2) Intentionally submits petition signature sheets with the knowledge that the person whose name appears on the signature sheet did not actually sign the petition; or  (3) Causes a voter to sign a petition other than the one the voter intended to sign; or  (4) Forges or falsifies signatures; or  (5) Knowingly accepts or offers money or anything of value to another person in exchange for a signature on a petition.  2. Any person who knowingly causes a petition circulator's signatures to be submitted for counting, and who either knows that such circulator has violated subsection 1 of this section or, after receiving notice of facts indicating that such person may have violated subsection 1 of this section, causes the signatures to be submitted with reckless indifference as to whether such circulator has complied with subsection 1 of this section, shall also be deemed to have committed the crime of petition signature fraud.  3. A person who violates subsection 1 or 2 of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section 560.021* to the contrary, by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both.  4. Any person employed by or serving as an election authority, that has reasonable cause to suspect a person has committed petition signature fraud, shall immediately report or cause a report to be made to the appropriate prosecuting authorities. Failure to so report or cause a report to be made shall be a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2013 H.B. 117)  *Section 560.021 was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
MO Rev Stat § 116.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.100 - Filing of petition, procedure.

Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories   116.100. Filing of petition, procedure. — The secretary of state shall not accept any referendum petition submitted later than 5:00 p.m. on the final day for filing referendum petitions. The secretary of state shall not accept any initiative petition submitted later than 5:00 p.m. on the final day for filing initiative petitions. All pages shall be submitted at one time. When an initiative or referendum petition is submitted to the secretary of state, the signature pages shall be in order and numbered sequentially by county, except in counties that include multiple congressional districts, the signatures may be ordered and numbered using an alternate numbering scheme approved in writing by the secretary of state prior to submission of the petition. Any petition that is not submitted in accordance with this section, disregarding clerical and merely technical errors, shall be rejected as insufficient. After verifying the count of signature pages, the secretary of state shall issue a receipt indicating the number of pages presented from each county. When a person submits a petition he or she shall designate to the secretary of state the name and the address of the person to whom any notices shall be sent under sections 116.140 and 116.180. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-16-99
MO Rev Stat § 116.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.110 - Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty.

Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories   116.110. Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty. — Any voter who has signed an initiative or referendum petition may withdraw his or her signature from that petition by submitting to the secretary of state, before the petition is filed with the secretary of state, a sworn statement requesting that his or her signature be withdrawn and affirming the name of the petition signed, the name the voter used when signing the petition, the address of the voter and the county of residence. It is a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section 560.021* to the contrary, for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year in the county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both, to knowingly file a false withdrawal statement with the secretary of state. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-16-99  *Section 560.021 was repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
MO Rev Stat § 116.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.115 - Withdrawal of petition, when — vacation of official ballot title, when.

Effective - 04 Nov 2014   116.115. Withdrawal of petition, when — vacation of official ballot title, when. — Any person who submits a sample sheet to or files an initiative petition with the secretary of state may withdraw the petition upon written notice to the secretary of state. If such notice is submitted to the secretary of state, the proposed petition shall no longer be circulated by any person, committee, or other entity. The secretary of state shall vacate the certification of the official ballot title within three days of receiving notice of the withdrawal. ­­-------- (L. 2013 H.B. 117)  Effective 11-04-14
MO Rev Stat § 116.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.120 - Secretary of state to determine sufficiency of form and compliance — invalid signatures not counted — signatures may be verified by random sampling, procedure and requirements.

Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories   116.120. Secretary of state to determine sufficiency of form and compliance — invalid signatures not counted — signatures may be verified by random sampling, procedure and requirements. — 1. When an initiative or referendum petition is submitted to the secretary of state, he or she shall examine the petition to determine whether it complies with the Constitution of Missouri and with this chapter. Signatures on petition pages that have been collected by any person who is not properly registered with the secretary of state as a circulator shall not be counted as valid. Signatures on petition pages that do not have the official ballot title affixed to the page shall not be counted as valid. The secretary of state may verify the signatures on the petition by use of random sampling. The random sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn in such a manner that every signature properly filed with the secretary of state shall be given an equal opportunity to be included in the sample. The process for establishing the random sample and determining the statistically valid result shall be established by the secretary of state. Such a random sampling shall include an examination of five percent of the signatures.  2. If the random sample verification establishes that the number of valid signatures is less than ninety percent of the number of qualified voters needed to find the petition sufficient in a congressional district, the petition shall be deemed to have failed to qualify in that district. In finding a petition insufficient, the secretary of state does not need to verify all congressional districts on each petition submitted if verification of only one or more districts establishes the petition as insufficient.  3. If the random sample verification establishes that the number of valid signatures total more than one hundred ten percent of the number of qualified voters needed to find the petition sufficient in a congressional district, the petition shall be deemed to qualify in that district.  4. If the random sampling shows the number of valid signatures within a congressional district is within ninety to one hundred ten percent of the number of signatures of qualified voters needed to declare the petition sufficient in that district, the secretary of state shall order the examination and verification of each signature filed. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1988 S.B. 647, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-16-99
MO Rev Stat § 116.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.140 - Secretary of state's authority not to count forged or fraudulent signatures.

Effective - 06 Jun 1988, 2 histories   116.140. Secretary of state's authority not to count forged or fraudulent signatures. — Notwithstanding certifications from election authorities under section 116.130, the secretary of state shall have authority not to count signatures on initiative or referendum petitions which are, in his opinion, forged or fraudulent signatures. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1988 S.B. 647)  Effective 6-06-88
MO Rev Stat § 116.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.150 - Secretary of state to issue certificate of sufficiency of petition, when — if insufficient, certificate to state reasons.

Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories   116.150. Secretary of state to issue certificate of sufficiency of petition, when — if insufficient, certificate to state reasons. — 1. After the secretary of state makes a determination on the sufficiency of the petition and if the secretary of state finds it sufficient, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate setting forth that the petition contains a sufficient number of valid signatures to comply with the Constitution of Missouri and with this chapter.  2. The secretary of state shall issue a certificate only for a petition approved pursuant to section 116.332. If the secretary of state finds the petition insufficient, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate stating the reason for the insufficiency.  3. The secretary of state shall issue a certificate pursuant to this section not later than 5:00 p.m. on the thirteenth Tuesday prior to the general election or two weeks after the date the election authority certifies the results of a petition verification pursuant to subsection 2 of section 116.130, whichever is later. ­­-------- (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1985 H.B. 543, A.L. 1988 S.B. 647, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-16-99
MO Rev Stat § 116.153 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.153 - Hearing to take public comments — joint committee on legislative research to provide summary to secretary of state, posting on website.

Effective - 04 Nov 2014   116.153. Hearing to take public comments — joint committee on legislative research to provide summary to secretary of state, posting on website. — Within thirty days of issuing certification that the petition contains a sufficient number of valid signatures pursuant to section 116.150, the joint committee on legislative research shall hold a public hearing in Jefferson City to take public comments concerning the proposed measure. Such hearing shall be a public meeting under chapter 610. Within five business days after the end of the public hearing, the joint committee on legislative research shall provide a summary of the hearing to the secretary of state or his or her designee and the secretary of state shall post a copy of the summary on the website of the office of the secretary of state. ­­-------- (L. 2013 H.B. 117)  Effective 11-04-14
MO Rev Stat § 116.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title IX - Suffrage and Elections|Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum|Section 116.155 - Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included.

Effective - 16 Jun 1999   116.155. Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included. — 1. The general assembly may include the official summary statement and a fiscal note summary in any statewide ballot measure that it refers to the voters.  2. The official summary statement approved by the general assembly shall, taken together with the approved fiscal note summary, be the official ballot title and such summary statement shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles. The title shall be a true and impartial statement of the purposes of the proposed measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure.  3. The fiscal note summary approved by the general assembly shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles, which shall summarize the fiscal note prepared for the measure in language neither argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 676)  Effective 6-16-99