§116.050 R.S.Mo.

116.060. Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements

Initiative and referendum petitions filed under the provisions of this chapter shall consist of pages of a uniform size. Each page, excluding the text of the measure, shall be no larger than eight and one- half by fourteen inches. Each page of an initiative petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the proposed measure. Each page of a referendum petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the measure on which the referendum is sought.

§116.100 R.S.Mo.

116.100. Filing of petition, procedure

The secretary of state shall not accept any referendum petition submitted later than 5:00 p m. on the final day for filing referendum petitions. The secretary of state shall not accept any initiative petition submitted later than 5:00 p.m. on the final day for filing initiative petitions. When an initiative or referendum petition is submitted to the secretary of state, the signature pages shall have been numbered sequentially for each county. After verifying the count of signature pages, the secretary of state shall issue a receipt indicating the number of pages presented from each county. When a person submits a petition he shall designate to the secretary of state the name and the address of the person to whom any notices shall be sent under Sections 116.140 and 116.180. No initiative petition shall be accepted by the secretary of state until 8:00 am. on the second Tuesday of January in even numbered years for access to the general election ballot in those years.

§116.110 R.S.Mo.

116.110. Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect

Any voter who has signed an initiative or referendum petition may withdraw his signature from that petition by submitting to the secretary of state, before the petition is certified as sufficient or insufficient, an affidavit requesting that his signature be withdrawn. If the secretary of state receives such an affidavit before the day he certifies the petition he shall strike the signature and not count

§116.170 R.S.Mo.

116.170. Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided, by whom, when, contents

1. After the general assembly adopts a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment or a bill which is to be referred to a vote of the people and it has been delivered to the secretary of state, the oversight division of the committee on legislative research shall within ten days after such delivery, provide a fiscal note summary for the official ballot and a fiscal note for the measure to the secretary of state.

2. Within five days after certifying a constitutional amendment petition, a statutory initiative petition or a referendum petition as sufficient, the secretary of state shall transmit a copy of the measure to the oversight division of the committee on legislative research. Within ten days thereafter the oversight division of the committee on legislative search shall provide a fiscal note summary for the official ballot and a fiscal note for the measure to the secretary of state.

3. The fiscal note and fiscal note summary shall state the measure's estimated cost or savings, if any, to state or local governmental entities. Each summary shall contain no more than thirty-five words.

§116.200 R.S.Mo.

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

1 After the secretary of state certifies a petition as sufficient or insufficient, any citizen may apply to the circuit court of Cole County to compel him to reverse his decision. The action must be brought within ten days after the certification is made. All such suits shall be advanced on the court docket and heard and decided by the court as quickly as possible.

2. If the court decides the petition is sufficient, the secretary of state shall certify' it as sufficient and attach a copy of the judgment. If the court decides the petition is insufficient, the court shall enjoin the secretary of state from certifying the measure and all other officers from printing the measure on the ballot.

3. Within ten days after a decision is rendered, any party may appeal it to the supreme court.

§116.260 R.S.Mo.

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

The secretary of state shall designate in what newspaper or newspapers in each county the text of statewide ballot measures shall be published. Each shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in two newspapers in each county, the first publication to be not more than twenty one days and the last publication not less than five days next preceding the election. If there is but one newspaper in any county, publication for two consecutive weeks shall be made, the first publication to be not more than twenty-one days and the last publication not less than five days next preceding the election.

§116.320 R.S.Mo.

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

1. Each statewide ballot measure receiving a majority of affirmative votes is adopted.

2. If voters approve two or more conflicting statutes at the same election, the statute receiving the largest affirmative vote shall prevail, even if that statute did not receive the greatest majority of affirmative votes.

3. If voters approve two or more conflicting constitutional amendments at the same election, the amendment receiving the largest affirmative vote shall prevail, even if that amendment did not receive the greatest majority of affirmative voted.

§116.332 R.S.Mo.

116.332. Petitions for constitutional amendments, statutory initiative or referendum, requirement procedure

1 Before a constitutional amendment petition, a statutory initiative petition, or a referendum petition may be circulated for signatures, a sample sheet must be submitted to the secretary of state in the form in which it will be circulated.

2. The sample petition may not be submitted to the secretary of state more than one year prior to the final date for filing the signed petition with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall refer a copy of the petition sheet to the attorney general for his approval. The secretary of state and attorney general must each review the petition for sufficiency as to form and approve or reject the form of the petition, stating the reasons for rejection, if any.