Judge orders Clean Missouri amendment removed from November ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Cole County judge has ordered that the constitutional amendment seeking to overhaul the state’s ethics laws be removed from the November ballot.

On Friday, Judge Daniel Green ruled that the Clean Missouri amendment violates the state’s constitutional prohibition against multiple subjects and amending multiple provisions. Backers of Amendment 1 said they plan to appeal the decision.

“We’ll be appealing immediately. The Secretary of State properly certified the measure so that voters may consider the measure, and voters will have their say on November 6,” said Chuck Hatfield, attorney for the Clean Missouri campaign. “We have always thought that this legal matter would be decided at the Appeals Court level. This is a speed bump, but the law is on our side, the people are on our side, and Amendment 1 will be passed in November to clean up Missouri politics.”

The measure is a proposed constitutional amendment that would impose gift limits for legislators, lower campaign contribution limits, change the length of time required before becoming lobbyists, and change the model for drawing districts.

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