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<h1>2026 Ballot Measures</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">The following ballot measures have been certified for the <em>November 3, 2026</em> general election.</h2>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 3</p>
<p>[<a href="https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/2454H.05T.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 3 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/HCSHJR73-SignedCopy.pdf">Proposed by 103rd General Assembly (First Regular Session) HCS HJR 73</a></span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/SECONDREVISEDHCSHJR73WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 3" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
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<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:</p>
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<li>Repeal the 2024 voter-approved Amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability;</li>
<li>Allow abortions for rape and incest (under twelve-weeks’ gestation), emergencies, and fetal anomalies;</li>
<li>Allow legislation regulating abortion;</li>
<li>Ensure parental consent for minors’ abortions;</li>
<li>Prohibit gender transition procedures for minors?</li>
</ul>
<p>State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. Greene County estimates it may experience an unknown increase in tax revenue. Other local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
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<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
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<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will repeal Article I, Section 36, of the Missouri Constitution approved by the voters in 2024 which provided reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability; continue to ensure women’s ability to access medical care for medical emergencies, ectopic pregnancies, and miscarriages; allow legislation to regulate abortion providers and facilities to ensure health and safety; require informed and voluntary consent for an abortion, including parental or judicial consent for minors; allow restriction of abortions to cases of medical emergency, rape and incest under twelve weeks gestation, and fetal anomalies; prohibit public funding of abortions except in limited circumstances; and prohibit gender transition procedures for minors including gender transition surgeries, cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs, with exceptions for specific medical conditions.</p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will leave Article I, Section 36, of the Missouri Constitution approved by voters in 2024 in place; will not limit abortion to cases of medical emergency, rape and incest under twelve weeks gestation, and fetal anomalies, but leave access to abortion available through fetal viability; will not prohibit gender transition procedures for minors.</p>
<p>If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.</p>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 6</p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/2026-106.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 6 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/2026-106WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Sufficiency for Amendment 6" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Sufficiency</a>] </p>
<p>Proposed by Initiative Petition</p>
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<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
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<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:</p>
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<li>expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right;</li>
<li>allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits;</li>
<li>prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers;</li>
<li>prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both chambers; and</li>
<li>preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions?</li>
</ul>
<p>State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will prohibit the people’s elected representatives from directly amending or changing any law enacted through the initiative process; require that any modifications to laws enacted through the initiative process be referred to the people by a vote of at least 80% of each chamber of the General Assembly; restrict the legislature from passing laws that limit the ability to pursue initiatives and referenda; maintain the current signature requirements of five percent of the individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a law; maintain the current signature requirement of eight percent of individual legal voters in each of two-thirds of Missouri’s congressional districts for proposing a constitutional amendment; and maintain the current requirement that a simple statewide majority of votes cast on a measure by individual legal voters is sufficient to enact any law or constitutional amendment.  </p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not change the current constitutional provisions, which already give citizens the right to propose initiatives and referenda.  </p>
<p>If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 7</p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/tat/SJR95.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 7 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/SSSCSSJR95-SignedCopy.pdf">Proposed by 103rd General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SS SCS SJR 95</a></span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/SSSCSSJR95WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to establish a permanent public endowment fund to support state government instead of taxing Missouri residents, prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting the fund, and eliminate state-imposed taxes once the fund generates sufficient revenue to replace them?</p>
<p>State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to establish the “Show-Me Prosperity Fund,” a permanent public endowment fund to support state government with the goal of eliminating state-imposed taxes without impairing the real value of the fund’s principal; prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting monies from the fund until notification is given by the State Treasurer that the net investment earnings of the fund are sufficient to eliminate state-imposed taxes; cap the total amount of moneys that may be appropriated from the fund in a fiscal year to three percent of the average market value of the fund over the preceding five fiscal years; and prohibit the General Assembly from enacting the eliminated state-imposed taxes, provided, however, that in the event the fund is unable to meet its obligations due to insolvency, revenue shortfall, or program failure, the General Assembly shall retain full authority to appropriate funds from any lawful source and to enact legislation establishing or increasing taxes or other revenues as necessary. </p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution to establish a permanent public endowment fund to support state government with the goal of eliminating state-imposed taxes. </p>
<p>If passed, this measure will have no immediate impact on taxes but could lead to the elimination of state-imposed taxes if the net investment earnings of the fund become sufficient to support that outcome.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 8</p>
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<p>[<a href="https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/tat/SJR87.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 8 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/CCSHCSSSSJR87-SignedCopy.pdf">Proposed by 103rd General Assembly (Second Regular Session) CCS HCS SS SJR 87</a></span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/CCSHCSSSSJR87WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 8" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to support law enforcement by preserving the right of citizens to elect a county sheriff, prohibiting the removal of a county sheriff except by a writ of quo warranto, and recognizing the office of sheriff as part of the administration of justice?</p>
<p>State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to require counties to: elect a sheriff every four years, which is currently required by statute; place in the Constitution provisions regarding sheriffs’ duties that are currently provided by statute; and provide that an elected sheriff may be removed from office only through a writ of quo warranto initiated by the Attorney General. </p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution.  Current Missouri statutes providing for the election of county sheriffs to four-year terms and governing their duties and removal will remain in effect unless changed by law. </p>
<p>If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Proposition A</p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/2026Referendums/2026-R004.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Proposition A full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/2026-R004WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Sufficiency for Proposition A" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Sufficiency</a>] </p>
<p>Proposed by Referendum Petition</p>
<p><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Do the people of the state of Missouri approve the act of the General Assembly entitled “House Bill No. 1 (2025 Second Extraordinary Session),” which repeals Missouri’s existing congressional plan, and replaces it with new congressional boundaries that keep more counties intact?</p>
<p>State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will approve the act of the General Assembly entitled “House Bill No. 1 (2025 Extraordinary Session),” which redraws the congressional district boundaries.</p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will leave in place the congressional district boundaries enacted in 2022. </p>
<p>If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes.</p>
</blockquote>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">The following ballot measures appeared on the ballot at the <em>August 4, 2026</em> primary election.</h2>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 1</p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/SJR12005.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 6 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 1 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[Proposed by Article IV, Section 47(c), Missouri Constitution (SJR 1, 2005)</span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/SJR1(2005)WebCert(2026).pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 1" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 6">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Shall Missouri continue for 10 years the one-tenth of one percent sales/use tax that is used for soil and water conservation and for state parks and historic sites, and resubmit this tax to the voters for approval in 10 years?</p>
<p>The measure allows continued collection of the existing sales and use tax, which generates revenue of approximately $140 million annually.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will continue for 10 years the one-tenth of one percent sales/use tax that is used for soil and water conservation and for state parks and historic sites. This will be resubmitted to the voters for approval in 10 years.</p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not continue this sales/use tax.</p>
<p>If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 2</p>
<p>[<a href="https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1465H.02T.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 6 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 2 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/HCSHJR23and3-SignedCopy.pdf">Proposed by 103rd General Assembly (First Regular Session) HCS HJR 23 & 3</a></span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/HCSHJR23and3WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 2" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 6">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:</p>
<ul>
<li>require all charter counties, including Jackson County, to provide for the election of a county assessor; and</li>
<li>require assessors in all charter counties to comply with any training requirements established by general law?</li>
</ul>
<p>State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to require that all charter counties, including Jackson County, elect a county assessor and that such assessors comply with training requirements established by state law.</p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not change the current constitutional provisions, which exempt Jackson County from the requirement to elect its assessor and do not require charter county assessors to follow training requirements under general law.</p>
<p>If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 4</p>
<p>[<a href="https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills254/hlrbillspdf/3353H.03T.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 4 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/HCSHJR3-SignedCopy.pdf">Proposed by 103rd General Assembly (Second Extraordinary Session) HCS HJR 3</a></span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/REVISEDHCSHJR3WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 4" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Modify current requirements that a statewide majority of voters may approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution;</li>
<li>Require a majority of voters in each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution; and</li>
<li>Make available to each voter the full text of initiative petitions with their ballot?</li>
</ul>
<p>The Department of Corrections estimates increased annual costs of up to $21,817. The Office of State Public Defender estimates an unknown fiscal impact. Other state governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. Local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to:</p>
<ul>
<li>modify current requirements of Article III and Article XII that a simple statewide majority of voters may approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution;</li>
<li>require a majority of voters in each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution; and</li>
<li>make available to each voter the full text of initiative petitions with their ballot.</li>
</ul>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution to require majority approval in each congressional district for initiative petitions to amend the constitution or make available the full text of initiative petitions with the ballot.</p>
<p>If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.</p>
</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Official Ballot Title<br></strong>Amendment 5</p>
<p>[<a href="https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6854S.13T.pdf" aria-label="Amendment 7 full text" target="_blank" title="Amendment 5 full text" rel="noopener">full text</a>]<span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p><span>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/HJR173and174-SignedCopy.pdf">Proposed by 103rd General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SS SCS HCS HJR 173 & 174</a></span><span>]</span><span> </span><img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p>[<a href="https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/Petitions/REVISEDSSSCSHCSHJR173and174WebCert.pdf" title="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 5" aria-label="View Certificate of Official Ballot Title for Amendment 7">View Certificate of Official Ballot Title</a>] <img title="PDF document" src="//www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionPetitions/pdf_sm.gif" alt="PDF Document"></p>
<p class="bi_heading"><strong><em>Official Ballot Title:</em></strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Require legislative phase-out of the individual state income tax based on revenue growth, and authorize the expansion of sales and use taxes;</li>
<li>Curtail constitutional limits on taxing goods and services; and</li>
<li>Require local tax rate cuts without reducing school funding if local sales tax revenue increases?</li>
</ul>
<p>The proposal has no direct impact on state or local tax revenue. If passed, implementing legislation will have an unknown impact to state and local tax revenue. If implemented, state government entities expect a reduction of $57,000 annually in income tax check-off donations and implementation costs of at least $100,000.</p>
</blockquote>
<p class="bi_heading"><em><strong> Fair Ballot Language:</strong></em> </p>
<blockquote>
<p>A <strong>“yes”</strong> vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to require legislative phase-out and elimination of the individual state income tax based on revenue growth, and authorize the expansion of sales and use taxes; curtail constitutional limits on taxing goods and services; and require local tax rate cuts without reducing school funding if local sales tax revenue increases.</p>
<p>A <strong>“no”</strong> vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution to require legislative phase-out and elimination of the individual state income tax based on revenue growth; and will not authorize the expansion of sales and use taxes.</p>
<p>At this time, the impact on taxes is unknown.</p>
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