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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 116

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 116

Initiative and Referendum

116.010Definitions 116.020Application of laws 116.025Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place 116.050Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements 116.060Initiative and referendum petitions, who may sign — residents of one county only on a designated page 116.070Petitioner may sign by mark, procedure 116.080Qualifications of circulator — affidavit, notarization, penalty 116.090Petition signature fraud, penalty 116.100Filing of petition, procedure 116.110Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty 116.115Withdrawal of petition, when — vacation of official ballot title, when 116.120Secretary of state to determine sufficiency of form and compliance — invalid signatures not counted — signatures may be verified by random sampling, procedure and requirements 116.130Election authorities may be requested to verify signatures either by random sampling or checking signatures, when, how 116.140Secretary of state's authority not to count forged or fraudulent signatures 116.150Secretary of state to issue certificate of sufficiency of petition, when — if insufficient, certificate to state reasons 116.153Hearing to take public comments — joint committee on legislative research to provide summary to secretary of state, posting on website 116.155Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included 116.160Summary statement to be provided by the secretary of state if summary not provided by general assembly — content 116.170Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided by state auditor if not provided by general assembly 116.175Fiscal impact of proposed measure — fiscal note, fiscal note summary, requirements — return of fiscal note for revision, when 116.180Copies of ballot title, fiscal note and fiscal note summary to designated persons, when — ballot title to be affixed to petition, when 116.185Identical ballot titles may be changed, how 116.190Ballot title may be challenged, procedure — who are parties defendant — changes may be made, procedure — appeal to supreme court, when — action extinguished, when 116.195Costs of court-ordered ballot title change to be paid by the state 116.200Secretary of state's decision as to sufficiency of petition may be reversed, procedure — appeal 116.210Numbering of proposed constitutional amendments 116.220Labeling of initiative and referendum measures 116.230Sample ballots to be prepared, form 116.240Certification to election authorities of notice to be published — contents 116.250Publication of legal notice 116.260Newspapers for publication of text of measures to be designated — measures to be published, how 116.270Publications fund created — payments from fund for what, how made 116.280Paper ballots for statewide measures, form 116.290Printing of copies of statewide measures — to be posted at polling places — distribution, exception 116.300Challengers and watchers at polling places, how designated 116.310Time limited for designating challengers and watchers for polling places and counting locations — effect of failure to designate by prescribed time 116.320Adoption of measure, vote required — effect of approval of conflicting measures 116.330Board of canvassers or governor to issue statement 116.332Petitions for constitutional amendments, statutory initiative or referendum, requirements, procedure 116.334Petition approval required, procedure to obtain petition title or summary statement — rejection or approval of petition, procedure — circulation of petition prior to approval, effect — signatures, deadline for filing 116.340Publication of approved measures