State of Missouri is having a primary Aug 4. Among the petitions is Amendment 4. It is an interesting choice. Do I want to limit/end foreign and/or domestic influence in elections, or do I want to allow a single district to overturn majority rule? The official Secretary of State summary is here:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/petitions/2026BallotMeasures and the full text of the bill has a 5 bullet point summary:

https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills254/hlrbillspdf/3353H.03T.pdf

"Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:

• Stop foreign nationals and foreign adversaries of the United States from providing funding to influence ballot measure elections, and allow criminal prosecution of violators;

• Punish initiative petition signature fraud as a crime;

• Require public hearings be held to get public comment before initiative petitions are placed on the ballot;

• Require a majority of voters in each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution; and

• Make available to each voter the full text of initiative petitions with their ballot?"

The secretary of state site above only lists the last 3. Same for the sample ballots in at least 2 counties. Deceptive? The advertising and even the language of the sample ballots is pushing the vote against minority rule leaving the door open to foreign and domestic influence.

I thought we were better than this.

"The American Experiment has been corrupted by the Elite and powerful with the full cooperation of the American Government"

– Anonymous