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NYTIMES (Kate Zernike) - Missouri Voters Reject Measure to Limit Their Ballot Box Powers

The state’s conservative Legislature had put the measure on the ballot that would have enacted citizen initiatives only if they won majorities in each of Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/elections/missouri-citizen-led-constitutional-amendments.html
Keywordsmissourivoter-initiativeballot-measuresconstitutional-amendmentselectoral-reformcitizen-initiativesvoting-rightslegislaturepoliticsmidterm-electionselection-lawgovernmentuspolitical-dispute

NYTIMES (Kate Zernike) - Stung by Voters, Republican Legislators Move to Curb Citizen Initiatives

After citizens in Republican states used ballot measures to protect abortion, expand Medicaid and raise the minimum wage, statehouses are moving to make such initiatives much harder.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/politics/republicans-citizen-initiatives.html
Keywordsrepublican-partygopballot-measurescitizen-initiativesabortionmedicaidminimum-wagestate-politicsus-politicslegislaturevoting-rightsrepublicandemocratlegislationpolicyredistrictingelectoral-processconstitutional-amendmentlaw-and-ordervoter-integrity