Missouri Democrats mobilize against GOP plan to make initiatives impossible

Missouri Republicans have made it a priority to pass a pair of amendments on Aug. 4 that would eliminate the state’s income tax and make it all but impossible for citizens to amend the state constitution in the future.

Democrats are urging voters to reject both plans at the ballot box, and they have a deep-pocketed ally for both efforts: the Missouri Association of Realtors.

“The common thread between the amendments is luring Missouri citizens to surrender long-held constitutional power and freedom, and giving that power to politicians to use unchecked,” Scott Charton, a spokesperson for a pair of groups funded by the Realtors, told St. Louis Public Radio in May.

Both of Charton’s organizations are now airing ads urging Missourians to vote “no” on both plans.




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