Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum
Section 116.025 - Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003
116.025. Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place. — The secretary of state within twenty days of receiving a statewide ballot measure shall prepare and transmit to the attorney general fair ballot language statements that fairly and accurately explain what a vote for and what a vote against the measure represent. Each statement shall be posted in each polling place next to the sample ballot. Such fair ballot language statements shall be true and impartial statements of the effect of a vote for and against the measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure. In addition, such fair ballot language shall include a statement as to whether the measure will increase, decrease, or have no impact on taxes, including the specific category of tax. Such fair ballot language statements may be challenged in accordance with section 116.190. The attorney general shall within ten days approve the legal content and form of the proposed statements.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 511)

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title IX - Suffrage and Elections

Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum

Section 116.010 - Definitions.

Section 116.020 - Application of laws.

Section 116.025 - Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place.

Section 116.030 - Referendum petition, form — clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature.

Section 116.040 - Initiative petition for law or constitutional amendment, form — clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature.

Section 116.050 - Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements.

Section 116.060 - Initiative and referendum petitions, who may sign — residents of one county only on a designated page.

Section 116.070 - Petitioner may sign by mark, procedure.

Section 116.080 - Qualifications of circulator — affidavit, notarization, penalty.

Section 116.090 - Petition signature fraud, penalty.

Section 116.100 - Filing of petition, procedure.

Section 116.110 - Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty.

Section 116.115 - Withdrawal of petition, when — vacation of official ballot title, when.

Section 116.120 - Secretary of state to determine sufficiency of form and compliance — invalid signatures not counted — signatures may be verified by random sampling, procedure and requirements.

Section 116.130 - Election authorities may be requested to verify signatures either by random sampling or checking signatures, when, how.

Section 116.140 - Secretary of state's authority not to count forged or fraudulent signatures.

Section 116.150 - Secretary of state to issue certificate of sufficiency of petition, when — if insufficient, certificate to state reasons.

Section 116.153 - Hearing to take public comments — joint committee on legislative research to provide summary to secretary of state, posting on website.

Section 116.155 - Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included.

Section 116.160 - Summary statement to be provided by the secretary of state if summary not provided by general assembly — content.

Section 116.170 - Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided by state auditor if not provided by general assembly.

Section 116.175 - Fiscal impact of proposed measure — fiscal note, fiscal note summary, requirements — return of fiscal note for revision, when.

Section 116.180 - Copies of ballot title, fiscal note and fiscal note summary to designated persons, when — ballot title to be affixed to petition, when.

Section 116.185 - Identical ballot titles may be changed, how.

Section 116.190 - Ballot title may be challenged, procedure — who are parties defendant — changes may be made by court — appeal to supreme court, when.

Section 116.195 - Costs of court-ordered ballot title change to be paid by the state.

Section 116.200 - Secretary of state's decision as to sufficiency of petition may be reversed, procedure — appeal.

Section 116.210 - Numbering of proposed constitutional amendments.

Section 116.220 - Labeling of initiative and referendum measures.

Section 116.230 - Sample ballots to be prepared, form.

Section 116.240 - Certification to election authorities of notice to be published — contents.

Section 116.250 - Publication of legal notice.

Section 116.260 - Newspapers for publication of text of measures to be designated — measures to be published, how.

Section 116.270 - Publications fund created — payments from fund for what, how made.

Section 116.280 - Paper ballots for statewide measures, form.

Section 116.290 - Printing of copies of statewide measures — to be posted at polling places — distribution, exception.

Section 116.300 - Challengers and watchers at polling places, how designated.

Section 116.310 - Time limited for designating challengers and watchers for polling places and counting locations — effect of failure to designate by prescribed time.

Section 116.320 - Adoption of measure, vote required — effect of approval of conflicting measures.

Section 116.330 - Board of canvassers or governor to issue statement.

Section 116.332 - Petitions for constitutional amendments, statutory initiative or referendum, requirements, procedure.

Section 116.334 - Petition 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.

Section 116.340 - Publication of approved measures.