MO has ballot amendments to bring votes-your state?

[xmas74]

After 2016 a number of groups in Missouri decided to not sit back and wallow in misery . They knew that 2018 would be an important year and the chance to make a statement . The best way to get attention and get out the vote in a midterm? Ballot initiatives.

In August ,just in time for the primary we have Right to Work, aka Prop A. Labor has run a strong campaign against it and we should see a number of voters at the polls that never vote in a primary . An increase in voters is usually a good sign for Democrats.

The official ballot wording will be announced in August for the November election . As of this time it's believed that CLEAN (redistricting gerrymandered districts and decreases amount special interests and lobbyists can give politicians to $5.00,aka the coffee cup rule) and RUM (Raise Up Missouri , an increase in the minimum wage in increments to $12 an hour by 2023) will both appear on the ballot. In addition , 2 constitutional amendment bills and one statuatory amendment will appear for medical marijuana . All issues are expected to drive youth, working class, minority and the working poor to vote in a midterm.

Any states putting interesting bills on ballots for the GE? I do believe that it could be the key to getting people to the polls who normally wouldn't vote.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Yes, ballot measures help with GOTV,

if they are targeted.

In Arizona, we have two pending petition signature verification, funding teachers pay increases and a clean election's requirement for candidates requiring disclosure of "dark money" donors.

I use the ballotpedia.org to get a summary for Arizona. They have one for every state. I am posting the link to Arizona for anyone interested in taking a test drive.

https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_2018_ballot_measures

[xmas74]

3. Fantastic !

Funding is vital for our teachers and dark money is of great interest to the public . It might encourage voters who would otherwise skip a midterm .

[2naSalit]

2. One of our Senators

is up for re-election and we had a mining Bill proposal on the ballot which should bring out voters... but we had mail-in ballots here and nearly half the state uses them, I do.

[xmas74]

4. Anything that gets the general public interested

Is a win .