{"id":2233385,"date":"2024-04-30T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resolution-to-change-how-voters-alter-missouri-constitution-in-hands-of-senate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:18:38","slug":"resolution-to-change-how-voters-alter-missouri-constitution-in-hands-of-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resolution-to-change-how-voters-alter-missouri-constitution-in-hands-of-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Holds the Key to Missouri Constitution Voting Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresolution-to-change-how-voters-alter-missouri-constitution-in-hands-of-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Missouri Senate\u2062 is considering a resolution that \u2064would change\u2064 how voters approve constitutional amendments. The\u2063 House approved\u200d Senate\u2064 Joint Resolution 74, requiring a\u2064 majority vote and \u2062support from\u2062 five of the\u2062 eight congressional districts. \u2063The \u2063proposal, spearheaded by\u2064 Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, aims to enhance \u2062the amendment approval process. Timing for the Senate vote remains uncertain. The Missouri \u2064Senate \u2064is currently reviewing a resolution aimed at altering the \u200cprocess by \u200bwhich voters approve constitutional amendments. Recently, the House endorsed Senate Joint Resolution 74, proposing that amendments \u2062necessitate a majority vote \u200dand backing from five\u200c out of the eight \u2063congressional districts. Led by Sen. Mary\u200d Elizabeth Coleman, the initiative seeks to \u200crefine \u200bthe \u200bamendment approval procedure, \u2062with the Senate vote timing yet to be determined.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 A resolution to change how Missouri voters approve constitutional amendments was returned to the Senate for possible consideration this week.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat 'Court Packing'\">constitutional amendment<\/a> can be approved by a simple majority. By a vote of 103 to 48, the House approved <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.mo.gov\/24info\/BTS_Web\/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&#038;BillID=209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Joint Resolution 74<\/a><\/strong>, a ballot proposal to require voters to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-100-mexican-politicians-assassinated-in-2021-elections-900-injured-in-attacks-report\/\" title=\"Nearly 100 Mexican Politicians Assassinated In 2021 Elections, 900+ Injured In Attacks: Report\">pass constitutional amendments<\/a> by a majority and five of the eight congressional districts. The proposal would be placed on the November ballot or at a special election to be called by Republican Gov. Mike Parson.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, a candidate for her party\u2019s nomination for secretary of state and sponsor of the resolution, wasn\u2019t sure when it would be brought to a vote in the Senate. Last year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-zuckbucks-with-laws-not-lawsuits\/\" title=\"Fight \u2018Zuckbucks\u2019 With Laws, Not Lawsuits\">similar bill failed<\/a> to advance out of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have several weeks left in the session and it\u2019s important that we deliberate and are able to get to a resolution on a number of important issues,\u201d Coleman told reporters last Thursday during an end-of-the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deion-sanders-invited-to-mount-rushmore-after-mistaking-it-as-californias-little-four-heads\/\" title=\"Deion Sanders mistakenly thought Mount Rushmore was California's 'little four heads' and got invited\">week press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats criticized the resolution and its amendments, including a section stating only legal residents of Missouri and citizens of the U.S. to be eligible to vote. Those restrictions are in state law, but not the constitution, Coleman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this does go to the ballot and people have to come out and vote, it\u2019s going to be just like it was for (defeating) \u2018Right to Work\u2019 and when we passed Medicaid (expansion),\u201d Rep. Donna Barringer, D-St. Louis, told reporters on Thursday. \u201cWhen you talk about taking people\u2019s jobs away, taking their medical care away and now taking their vote away, they will show up in droves. And this may be a regret the Republicans will have because people are going to be angry. And when you\u2019re angry, you vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans said the measure would provide geographic fairness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s an extremely important safeguard,\u201d said Rep. Alex Riley, R-Springfield, and handler of the resolution in the House. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about the state constitution. This is more important than any individual politician, more important than any individual. We\u2019re talking about the most fundamental document that governs our state and we want to make sure that when changes are being made, they aren\u2019t being made by hyper-partisan interest groups, whether it\u2019s on the right side of the aisle or the left side of the aisle and that it\u2019s something that has a degree of broad consensus across the state of Missouri.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, and a candidate for her party\u2019s nomination for governor, said the amendments containing requirements for voting are intentional or \u201cballot candy\u201d to distract voters from the essence of the measure. She also said the proposal would take away from the concept of one person, one vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is just not how elections should be won, in our opinion,\u201d Quade said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A resolution to amend Missouri&#8217;s constitutional amendment approval process was sent back to the Senate for review this week. The proposed change, outlined in Senate Joint Resolution 74, aims to mandate a different voting threshold for amendments. 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