What We Know: Voters in Missouri have rejected Amendment 4, keeping the state’s current constitutional amendment process in place.
The Associated Press called the race shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
What It Means: The proposal would have made it harder to amend Missouri’s Constitution. Under current law, constitutional amendments pass with a simple statewide majority. Amendment 4 would have also required a majority of voters in all eight of Missouri’s congressional districts to approve any future amendment.
Supporters argued the change would protect Missouri’s Constitution from the influence of out-of-state interests and special interest groups.
Opponents said the proposal would have made it much more difficult for citizens to pass constitutional amendments, giving more power to individual regions of the state than to the statewide vote.
What’s Next: With voters rejecting the measure, Missouri will continue using its current process, allowing constitutional amendments to pass with a simple majority of votes cast statewide.
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