Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-07-05 22:51:36.117826+00
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Attached is Missouri Attorney General Opinion Letter No. 137-2011 issued on October 5, 2011. For purposes of indexing, we are summarizing the opinion as follows:
  Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Theodis Brown to establishing a community chapter.
The Honorable Robin Carnahan Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center
600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Secretary Carnahan:
This opinion letter responds to your request dated September 27, 2011, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Theodis Brown.
We conclude that the petition must be rejected for at least the following reasons:
  1. The petition is not in the form prescribed by § 116.040, RSMo.
  2. The petition does not contain "all matter which is to be deleted included in its proper place enclosed in brackets and all new matter shown underlined" as required pursuant to § 116.050, RSMo.
Because of our rejection of the form of the petition for the reasons stated above, we have not reviewed the petition to determine if additional deficiencies exist. Pursuant to § 116.332.3, RSMo, the Secretary of State is authorized to review this opinion and "make a final decision as to the approval or rejection of the form of the petition."
                                                    Very truly yours, ____________________ CHRIS KOSTER Attorney General *Page 1