Missouri Parental Rights over Minor Children Initiative (2022)
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| Missouri Parental Rights over Minor Children Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights | |
| Status Cleared for signature gathering | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Parental Rights over Minor Children Initiative may appear on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The amendment would define parental rights over minor children in the state constitution. It would state that parents have a right to direct education and moral upbringing, access school records, make healthcare decisions, and review medical records of their minor children.[1][2]
Text of measure[edit]
Ballot title[edit]
The ballot title is as follows:[2]
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
State governmental entities estimate no savings and increased annual costs of at least $1.6 million. Local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.[3] |
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Full text[edit]
- The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot[edit]
The state process[edit]
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement is 160,199 valid signatures.[4] The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures are collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures is May 8, 2022.
Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative[edit]
- Austin Shaffer filed the initiative on December 6, 2021.[2]
- The secretary of state cleared for signature gathering on January 21, 2022.[2]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State's Office, "Full text," accessed January 21, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Missouri Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed January 21, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ This signature requirement is a projected estimate based on increased turnout in 2020. The official turnout within each of the eight congressional districts required to calculate the precise requirement was unavailable as of December 24, 2020.
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