Nearly three months ago, Missourians soundly rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have made it harder to change the state’s constitution — voters will now decide the fate of an amendment designed to prevent the legislature from overturning citizen-initiated laws or amendments.
Proponents say the changes better protect citizen-proposed and approved laws and amendments. Opponents say it would make it nearly impossible for lawmakers to change those initiatives.
Under Amendment 6, if lawmakers were to try to amend a citizen-passed initiative, they’d need a vote of at least 80% in the House and Senate. Even if that threshold is met, the proposed changes would have to go to a vote of the people…