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Senate bill to limit court review of ballot summaries met resistance; lawmaker says no path in Senate
Summary
Speakers at a Missouri legislative news event described a recent Senate bill that would curb court review of Secretary of State ballot summaries as controversial; a speaker said the bill did not pass and currently has no path forward in the Senate.
An unidentified speaker at a Missouri legislative press event said a Senate bill that would remove judicial checks on the Secretary of State’s ballot-summary process did not pass yesterday and faces no path forward in its current form.
The speaker said a Cole County judge last year ruled the Secretary of State’s summary for Amendment 3 was "unfair, inaccurate, insufficient, and misleading," and described the bill before the Senate as an attempt to remove those judicial checks. "I am proud of the Senate Democratic Caucus for standing up and making sure this bill did not pass yesterday," the speaker said.
The issue matters because the Cole…
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