A red sign with a Missouri outline reads “Yes on 6,” “Protect your vote” and “Vote by November 3rd,” surrounded by candidate signs.
A red “Yes on 6” campaign sign displays the slogan “Protect your vote” among other election signs on a lawn. (Vaughn Wheat/The Beacon)

Missourians soundly passed Amendment 6 in Tuesday’s midterm election, establishing new protections for voter-led state law changes and preserving current requirements for citizen-led ballot measures. 

Voters approved the measure, with nearly 60% voting to pass Amendment 6, according to preliminary results from the Associated Press with 94% of votes counted. 

Previously, lawmakers could use their power in the General Assembly to amend or repeal state laws passed through citizen-led initiatives. 

After Tuesday’s vote, lawmakers will need to have at least 80% support in the Missouri House and Missouri Senate to send their changes to the citizen-approved law back to voters. Voters could then decide whether to approve or reject those changes in a statewide vote. 

The measure also protects existing signature requirements and the simple statewide majority needed to pass citizen-led ballot measures, while prohibiting lawmakers from weakening the initiative and referendum process. 

The vote follows lawmakers’ rollback of provisions in 2024’s Proposition A, which Missourians approved to raise the minimum wage and require certain amounts of paid sick leave. In 2025, Missouri lawmakers repealed the sick leave requirement and future inflation-based minimum wage adjustments. 

Amendment 6 also outlines initiative and referendum powers as fundamental rights in Missouri and adds constitutional requirements that ballot summaries be fair and accurate. It explicitly outlines the court’s ability to review and rewrite disputed ballot summaries. 

The measure also prevents the Missouri General Assembly from passing new laws regarding signature requirements and the simple statewide majority currently needed to pass citizen-led ballot measures.

Meg Cunningham is The Beacon’s rural health reporter. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism, where she covered state government and health. She spent roughly three years covering national...

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