Attention Missourians:
We are down to the one-yard line with less than a minute to
go and about to score the winning touchdown but some of our team members are
doing everything they can to throw the game. We have confirmed from two
senators that Progressive Republican Senators are making moves to kill IP Reform because they would rather cash that fat check from their
special interest donors than protect our constitution and help keep Missouri a
pro-life state.
The Senate RINOs are pushing a House substitute to replace SJR
74 and subvert the hard work of Senators, Representatives, and grassroots conservatives
who have worked hard to get passed. This bill number is HJR 86. Why do they
want to push this change at the last minute of the game? It’s because HJR 86
would not withstand a Constitutional challenge or will fail at the ballot box and thus would protect their
special interest donors. These are the special interest, dark-money donors who
are spending millions of dollars to try and pass ballot initiatives supporting rank-choice
voting, pro-abortion-on-demand, pro-transgender mutilation and hormone
therapies for children, and anti-Second Amendment ballot initiatives.
HJR 86 may sound good. It does contain provisions prohibiting
non-citizens from voting, prohibiting foreign government influence, and
requires the implementation of Concurrent Majority Ratification. But in the end,
HJR 86 is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. What’s worse is these Progressive RINO senators
know this.
Why is HJR 86 unconstitutional? HJR 86 amends two sections of
the Missouri Constitution Article III and Article XII. This violates Missouri’s
single-subject requirement. SJR 74 IS CONSTITUTIONAL. It only amends Article
XII.
Here is what’s in HJR 86:
- Section 50: Changes Article
III on signature collection requirements for initiative petitions: The current threshold
for collecting signatures is 8% of the total of legal voters in two-thirds of
the Congressional Districts (6 of 8). The revised provision would change two-thirds
of congressional districts to all congressional districts. This requirement
would favor progressive issues because of the difficulty of collecting
signatures from districts like CD 1 and CD 5.
- Section 52(b): Amends the
ratification requirements for citizen-led and legislative ballot measures but
does not include amendments proposed by a Constitutional Convention. This means
the entire constitution could be replaced with just a simple majority.
- Section 54: Prohibits the
legislature from amending any citizen-led provision from being amended for more
than two years. This gives up too much power. For instance, if there were a
ballot measure allowing things like Rank-Choice Voting or non-citizens to vote
in elections, the legislature would not be able to amend this for up to two
years. We need the General Assembly to be able to fix bad ballot measures.
HJR 86, handled by Senator Curtis Trent, was rushed through
the Local Government and Elections Committee. HJR 86 was quickly passed out of committee on Wednesday, May 8th. Just one day before the Senate
brought up the debate on SJR 74.
Please contact the following Senators:
Tell them to drop their support for the unconstitutional HJR
86 and PASS SJR 74.
Additionally, contact your senator and tell them to oppose
HJR 86 and support SJR 74. It is so sad to see
supposed members of our team do everything they can to throw the game when we
are so close to winning.
