Jay Ashcroft seeks to pull abortion amendment off Missouri ballot weeks after approving it [View all]

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft decertified a ballot measure that would legalize abortion, a move aimed at blocking it from appearing on the November ballot, according to a brief filed Monday with the state Supreme Court.

Last month, Ashcroft announced the reproductive-rights proposal would appear on the ballot as Amendment 3. But a Cole County judge on Friday ruled the amendment violated state law and shouldn’t have been certified.

That ruling is now before the Missouri Supreme Court, with a hearing scheduled Tuesday morning and a ruling expected quickly thereafter. The deadline to remove a question from the ballot is also Tuesday.

But before the Supreme Court had the chance to weigh in, Ashcroft said he had changed his mind.

“On further review in light of the circuit court’s judgment, the Secretary believes the amendment is deficient,” the secretary of state argues in a filing with the court.


https://missouriindependent.com/2024/09/09/ashcroft-decertify-ballot-missouri-abortion-amendment-3/