Missouri’s initiative petition process gives citizens a way to propose laws when they believe their elected representatives are not addressing their concerns.
For working families, that process can provide a path to address issues such as wages, healthcare, education, and workplace protections.
Supporters of Amendment 6 argue that voter-approved decisions should be more difficult for legislators to change and that voters deserve clear, accurate ballot language.
The amendment would require approval from at least 80% of both legislative chambers before the legislature could advance changes to laws enacted through citizen initiatives.
Courts would be authorized to revise ballot summaries through legal challenges, creating a mechanism for addressing disputed language.
The amendment would restrict the legislature from weakening citizens’ initiative and referendum powers.
Current signature requirements and the statewide simple-majority standard for passing initiatives would remain in place.
Amendment 6 is a proposed constitutional amendment on Missouri’s November 3, 2026, ballot that would strengthen protections for the citizen initiative petition process. It would establish additional safeguards for voter-approved laws, provide for judicial review of ballot language, and restrict legislative efforts to weaken the initiative process.
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Amendment 6 would establish additional constitutional protections for citizen initiatives, provide for judicial review of ballot language, and limit legislative changes to voter-approved initiative laws.
The process gives Missourians a way to propose laws directly when they believe their elected representatives aren’t addressing their concerns. It has been used to bring issues such as wages, healthcare, and other public policies before voters.
Amendment 6 would require approval from at least 80% of both legislative chambers before lawmakers could refer proposed changes to voter-approved initiative laws back to voters.
The amendment would provide a judicial process for reviewing and revising disputed ballot summaries. This would help ensure voters receive clear, fair, and accurate descriptions of proposed measures
No. Amendment 6 would preserve existing signature requirements for qualifying citizen initiatives for the ballot, along with the statewide simple-majority standard for approval.
MOJWJVA supports Amendment 6 because the initiative petition process gives working families a direct voice in shaping Missouri’s laws. We believe voter-approved decisions deserve protection and that citizens should have access to clear ballot language.
Missouri’s existing constitutional provisions governing the initiative petition process would remain in place. The additional protections proposed by Amendment 6 would not take effect.
The proposed protections would become part of Missouri’s Constitution. These include stronger protections for citizen initiatives, judicial review of ballot language, and new restrictions on lawmakers changing voter-approved initiative laws.
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Read the official text of Amendment 3 as it will appear on the ballot.
Learn more about the campaign to protect Missouri’s initiative petition process, safeguard voter-approved laws, and ensure Missourians have a direct voice in shaping state laws.