Missouri Amendment 2, Sports Betting Initiative (2024)
Ballot Question: Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
- allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to regulate licensed sports wagering including online sports betting, gambling boats, professional sports betting districts and mobile licenses to sports betting operators;
- restrict sports betting to individuals physically located in the state and over the age of 21;
- allow license fees prescribed by the Commission and a 10% wagering tax on revenues received to be appropriated for education after expenses incurred by the Commission and required funding of the Compulsive Gambling Prevention Fund; and
- allow for the general assembly to enact laws consistent with this amendment?
State governmental entities estimate onetime costs of $660,000, ongoing annual costs of at least $5.2 million, and initial license fee revenue of $11.75 million. Because the proposal allows for deductions against sports gaming revenues, they estimate unknown tax revenue ranging from $0 to $28.9 million annually. Local governments estimate unknown revenue.
A “yes” vote supports legalizing and regulating sports wagering in Missouri.
A “no” vote opposes legalizing and regulating sports wagering in Missouri.
Missouri Amendment 3, Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative (2024)
Ballot Question: Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
- establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives, with any governmental interference of that right presumed invalid;
- remove Missouri’s ban on abortion;
- allow regulation of reproductive health care to improve or maintain the health of the patient;
- require the government not to discriminate, in government programs, funding, and other activities, against persons providing or obtaining reproductive health care; and
- llow abortion to be restricted or banned after Fetal Viability except to protect the life or health of the woman?
State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings, but unknown impact. Local governmental entities estimate costs of at least $51,000 annually in reduced tax revenues. Opponents estimate a potentially significant loss to state revenue.
A “yes” vote supports adding a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, defined to include abortion and “all matters relating to reproductive health care,” to the Missouri Constitution, among other provisions.
A “no” vote opposes adding a fundamental right to reproductive freedom to the Missouri Constitution.
Missouri Amendment 5, Osage River Gambling Boat License Initiative (2024)
Ballot Question: Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
- allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam;
- require the prescribed location shall include artificial spaces that contain water and are within 500 feet of the 100-year base flood elevation as established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
- require all state revenues derived from the issuance of the gambling boat license shall be appropriated to early-childhood literacy programs in public institutions of elementary education?
State governmental entities estimate one-time costs of $763,000, ongoing costs of $2.2 million annually, initial fee revenue of $271,000, ongoing admission and other fee revenue of $2.1 million annually, and annual gaming tax revenue of $14.3 million. Local governments estimate unknown revenue.
A “yes” vote supports allowing the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam.
A “no” vote opposes allowing the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam.
Missouri Amendment 6, Levying of Fees to Support Salaries of Law Enforcement Personnel Amendment (2024)
Ballot Question: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to preserve funding of law enforcement personnel for the administration of justice?
A “yes” vote supports amending the Missouri Constitution to define the administration of justice to include the levying of costs and fees to support the salaries and benefits of sheriffs, former sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, former prosecuting attorneys, circuit attorneys, and former circuit attorneys.
A “no” vote opposes amending the Missouri Constitution to define the administration of justice to include the levying of costs and fees to support the salaries and benefits of sheriffs, former sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, former prosecuting attorneys, circuit attorneys, and former circuit attorneys.
Missouri Amendment 7, Require Citizenship to Vote and Prohibit Ranked-Choice Voting Amendment (2024)
Ballot Question: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
- Make the Constitution consistent with state law by only allowing citizens of the United States to vote;
- Prohibit the ranking of candidates by limiting voters to a single vote per candidate or issue; and
- require the plurality winner of a political party primary to be the single candidate at a general election?
A “yes” vote supports amending the state constitution to: - provide that only U.S. citizens 18 years or older can vote, thereby prohibiting the state or local governments from allowing non-citizen voting;
- establish that each voter has one vote per issue or open seat;
- prohibit ranked-choice voting; and
- require plurality primary elections, where one winner advances to the general election.
A “no” vote opposes this amendment, thereby maintaining that “all citizens of the United States” who are 18 years of age or older may vote in elections and that ranked-choice voting may be enacted at the local or state level via ordinance or state statute.
Missouri Proposition A, Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative (2024)
Ballot Question: Do you want to amend Missouri law to:
- increase minimum wage January 1, 2025 to $13.75 per hour, increasing $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage would be $15.00 per hour;
- djust minimum wage based on changes in the Consumer Price Index each January beginning in 2027;
- equire all employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked;
- allow the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide oversight and enforcement; and
- exempt governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts and education institutions?
State governmental entities estimate one-time costs ranging from $0 to $53,000, and ongoing costs ranging from $0 to at least $256,000 per year by 2027. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount depending on business decisions.
A “yes” vote supports establishing a $13.75 per hour minimum wage by 2025, which would be increased by $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage is $15 per hour, and also requiring employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
A “no” vote opposes establishing a $13.75 per hour minimum wage by 2025, which would be increased by $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage is $15 per hour, and also requiring employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
FEDERAL ELECTION
President of the United States
Democratic Party Kamala D. Harris Tim Walz (Running mate)
Republican Party Donald Trump J.D. Vance (Running mate)
Green Party Jill Stein Butch Ware (Running mate)
Libertarian Party Chase Oliver Mike ter Maat (Running mate)
U.S. Senate Missouri
Democratic Party Lucas Kunce
Republican Party Josh Hawley (Incumbent)
Better Party Jared Young
Green Party Nathan Kline
Libertarian Party W. C. Young
U.S. House Missouri District 8
Democratic Party Randi McCallian
Republican Party Jason Smith (Incumbent)
Libertarian Party Jake Dawson
State of Missouri
Governor
Democratic Party Crystal Quade
Republican Party Mike Kehoe
Green Party Paul Lehmann
Libertarian Party Bill Slantz
Lieutenant Governor
Democratic Party Richard Brown
Republican Party David Wasinger
Green Party Danielle Elliott
Libertarian Party Ken Iverson
Attorney General
Republican Party Andrew Bailey (Incumbent)
Democratic Party Elad Gross
Libertarian Party Ryan Munro
Secretary of State
Democratic Party Barbara Phifer
Republican Party Denny Hoskins
Green Party Jerome H. Bauer
Libertarian Party Carl Herman Freese
Missouri Treasurer
Democratic Party Mark Osmack
Republican Party Vivek Malek (Incumbent)
Green Party Reagn Haase
Libertarian Party John Hartwig
Missouri State Senate District 27
Republican Party Jamie Burger
Missouri House of Representatives District 147
Democratic Party J. Michael Davis
Republican Party John Voss (Incumbent)
Libertarian Party Greg Tlapek
Missouri Supreme Court (Kelly Broniec’s seat)
Kelly C. Broniec (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
Missouri Supreme Court (Ginger Gooch’s seat)
Ginger Gooch (Incumbent) Nonpartisan
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District (Michael Wright’s seat)
Michael S. Wright (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District (Gary Gaertner Jr.’s seat)
Gary Gaertner Jr. (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District (Robert Clayton III’s seat)
Robert M. Clayton III (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District (Renee Hardin-Tammons’ seat)
Renee Hardin-Tammons (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District (Cristian Stevens’ seat)
Cristian M. Stevens (Incumbent)
Nonpartisan
