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Missouri National Popular Vote Interstate Agreement Initiative (2018)
| Missouri National Popular Vote Interstate Agreement Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri National Popular Vote Interstate Agreement Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have joined the state of Missouri in an interstate agreement to cast its electoral points in presidential elections to the winner of the national popular vote. This agreement would have taken effect when a number of states possessing a cumulative majority of the country's electoral points join.[1] This agreement between states is known as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
| “ | Do the People of Missouri want to change the law to create a compact with other states that requires the member states to commit their electoral votes for President of the United States to the candidate who receives the most overall votes (national popular vote); this compact would become effective when the states in the compact have more than 269 electoral votes?
It is estimated this proposal will result in no costs or savings for state and local governmental entities.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-164.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 5 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 100,126. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Winston Apple proposed the initiative.[1] The initiative was certified for circulation on April 5, 2017.[2] Signatures were not filed for the initiative.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-164," January 31, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed April 11, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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