Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia S. Joyce will hear arguments this Friday, August 7 at 10:30 a.m. for a citizens’ challenge to dishonest and misleading ballot language written by politicians for their Amendment 3 gerrymandering…
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New Endorsements: Overwhelming Bipartisan Coalition Coming Together to Defeat Amendment 3
The Clean Missouri coalition today unveiled a long, bipartisan list of public opponents to Amendment 3 to mark the 100 days until voters deliver a second mandate for fair maps in a statewide vote —…
Amendment 3 by the Numbers: Who Wouldn’t Count
Opposition to the Amendment 3 gerrymandering plan continues to expand across Missouri as voters learn more about the deceptive, deceitful and dirty amendment. Much of the concern and outrage has focused on one particular portion…
Local Leaders Express Grave Concerns About How Amendment 3 Would Hurt Their Communities
Local leaders across Missouri shared grave concerns about Amendment 3 as part of the public comment process for the gerrymandering ballot measure, which are reflected in the formal fiscal impact statement published today by the…
“Fifteen is Insane”
“…An allowable gap of fifteen percent exceeds any plan now in existence. ‘Fifteen is insane…’”
Joplin Globe: “Listen to Jack Danforth and vote ‘no'”
“I will vote no on the legislators’ gerrymandering amendment and encourage every Missouri voter to do the same. The integrity of Missouri’s democracy is at stake.”
In the NY Times: “A New Plan to Thwart the Will of the People”
[T]he new bill would add language to the state constitution that makes it harder for Missouri citizens to gain legal standing to challenge a gerrymandered map in court.
Washington Missourian: Dirty Missouri is an “odious” measure
“[L]awmakers also passed some odious measures this session, including a plan to gut key provisions of Clean Missouri, which voters passed with 62 percent of the vote in 2018.”
Citizens sue to block politicians’ dishonest ballot language on Dirty Missouri Amendment
“A top House Republican warned his colleagues last week that SJR38 was riddled with ‘errors’. He is correct.”
Clean Missouri statement on House passage of Dirty Missouri amendment
The Clean Missouri campaign released the following statement following the House’s passage of the deceptive and flawed Dirty Missouri constitutional amendment proposal. “An overwhelming bipartisan majority of voters delivered a mandate for fair maps and…