SPONSOR: Eggleston
COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass" by the Standing Committee on Elections and Elected Officials by a vote of 7 to 3. Voted "Do Pass" by the Standing Committee on Rules- Administrative Oversight by a vote of 8 to 4.
This bill imposes a labeling requirement for political subdivision and special district ballot measures using sets of letters from the alphabet and double letters if needed as specified in the bill. If a measure is labeled, but not voted upon at the next election, then it retains its letter designation until it has been voted on by the people. This practice is similar to the current law on statewide ballot measure labeling.
This bill is similar to HCS HB 556 (2021).
PROPONENTS: Supporters say that the bill is identical to legislation from last session with strong support. It uses the same system for local ballot measures as used for statewide measures.
Testifying for the bill were Representative Eggleston; Arnie C. Ac Dienoff; Shane Schoeller, Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities, Greene County .
OPPONENTS: Those who oppose the bill provided written testimony.
Testifying against the bill were Chloe Telle; Cindy Austin; Dawn Banks; Gerald L Wnorowski; Justin M Lofquest; Linzel Ham; Lynn Busby; Maryann Van Den Hul; Susan K Moellering; Susan Shumway; Alicia D Edwards; Annie Bernaix; Brian Hicks; Camelia Johnson; Denise Fattic; and Nancy Desloge.
Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.
Statutes affected: