Missouri Revised Statutes
Title IX - Suffrage and Elections
Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum

Section 116.010 - Definitions. - Effective - 28 Aug 1997, 2 histories 116.010. Definitions. —...

Section 116.020 - Application of laws. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981, 2 histories 116.020. Application of...

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...

Section 116.030 - Referendum petition, form — clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014, 3 histories *116.030. Referendum petition,...

Section 116.040 - Initiative petition for law or constitutional amendment, form — clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014, 3 histories *116.040. Initiative petition...

Section 116.050 - Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements. - Effective - 28 Aug 1997, 2 histories 116.050. Initiative and...

Section 116.060 - Initiative and referendum petitions, who may sign — residents of one county only on a designated page. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories 116.060. Initiative and...

Section 116.070 - Petitioner may sign by mark, procedure. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981, 2 histories 116.070. Petitioner may...

Section 116.080 - Qualifications of circulator — affidavit, notarization, penalty. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014, 3 histories 116.080. Qualifications of...

Section 116.090 - Petition signature fraud, penalty. - Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories 116.090. Petition signature...

Section 116.100 - Filing of petition, procedure. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories 116.100. Filing of...

Section 116.110 - Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories 116.110. Signature may...

Section 116.115 - Withdrawal of petition, when — vacation of official ballot title, when. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014 116.115. Withdrawal of petition, 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. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories 116.120. Secretary of...

Section 116.130 - Election authorities may be requested to verify signatures either by random sampling or checking signatures, when, how. - Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories 116.130. Election authorities...

Section 116.140 - Secretary of state's authority not to count forged or fraudulent signatures. - Effective - 06 Jun 1988, 2 histories 116.140. Secretary of...

Section 116.150 - Secretary of state to issue certificate of sufficiency of petition, when — if insufficient, certificate to state reasons. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999, 2 histories 116.150. Secretary of...

Section 116.153 - Hearing to take public comments — joint committee on legislative research to provide summary to secretary of state, posting on website. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014 116.153. Hearing to take public...

Section 116.155 - Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999 116.155. Official summaries and fiscal...

Section 116.160 - Summary statement to be provided by the secretary of state if summary not provided by general assembly — content. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999 116.160. Summary statement to be...

Section 116.170 - Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided by state auditor if not provided by general assembly. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999 116.170. Fiscal note and fiscal...

Section 116.175 - Fiscal impact of proposed measure — fiscal note, fiscal note summary, requirements — return of fiscal note for revision, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 2003 116.175. Fiscal impact of proposed...

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. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999 116.180. Copies of ballot title,...

Section 116.185 - Identical ballot titles may be changed, how. - Effective - 28 Aug 1999 116.185. Identical ballot titles may...

Section 116.190 - Ballot title may be challenged, procedure — who are parties defendant — changes may be made by court — appeal to supreme court, when. - Effective - 28 Aug 2015, 3 histories 116.190. Ballot title...

Section 116.195 - Costs of court-ordered ballot title change to be paid by the state. - Effective - 28 Aug 1999 116.195. Costs of court-ordered ballot...

Section 116.200 - Secretary of state's decision as to sufficiency of petition may be reversed, procedure — appeal. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.200. Secretary of state's decision...

Section 116.210 - Numbering of proposed constitutional amendments. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.210. Numbering of proposed constitutional...

Section 116.220 - Labeling of initiative and referendum measures. - Effective - 16 Jun 1999 116.220. Labeling of initiative and...

Section 116.230 - Sample ballots to be prepared, form. - Effective - 28 Aug 1985 116.230. Sample ballots to be...

Section 116.240 - Certification to election authorities of notice to be published — contents. - Effective - 28 Aug 1997 116.240. Certification to election authorities...

Section 116.250 - Publication of legal notice. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.250. Publication of legal notice....

Section 116.260 - Newspapers for publication of text of measures to be designated — measures to be published, how. - Effective - 28 Aug 1997 116.260. Newspapers for publication of...

Section 116.270 - Publications fund created — payments from fund for what, how made. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.270. Publications fund created —...

Section 116.280 - Paper ballots for statewide measures, form. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.280. Paper ballots for statewide...

Section 116.290 - Printing of copies of statewide measures — to be posted at polling places — distribution, exception. - Effective - 28 Aug 1983 116.290. Printing of copies of...

Section 116.300 - Challengers and watchers at polling places, how designated. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.300. Challengers and watchers at...

Section 116.310 - Time limited for designating challengers and watchers for polling places and counting locations — effect of failure to designate by prescribed time. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.310. Time limited for designating...

Section 116.320 - Adoption of measure, vote required — effect of approval of conflicting measures. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.320. Adoption of measure, vote...

Section 116.330 - Board of canvassers or governor to issue statement. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.330. Board of canvassers or...

Section 116.332 - Petitions for constitutional amendments, statutory initiative or referendum, requirements, procedure. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014, 2 histories 116.332. Petitions for...

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. - Effective - 04 Nov 2014, 2 histories 116.334. Petition approval...

Section 116.340 - Publication of approved measures. - Effective - 01 Jan 1981 116.340. Publication of approved measures....