{"id":543,"date":"2023-12-07T17:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2023-12-07T17:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:48:35","slug":"release-ip-reform-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/12\/07\/release-ip-reform-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Jeff City Politicians Plot To End Majority Rule In 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1640\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jeff-City.png\" alt=\"Aerial view of the Missouri State Capitol building on the river in Jefferson City, Missouri.\" class=\"wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jeff-City.png 1640w, https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jeff-City-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jeff-City-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jeff-City-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Jeff-City-1536x865.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>Wednesday, November 29, 2023<br \/>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:kelli@progressmo.org\">kelli@progressmo.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em>After failing to end majority rule in 2023, Missouri legislators pre-file legislation to dismantle the initiative petition process<\/em><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jefferson City, MO<\/em> &#8211; Ahead of the 2024 Missouri legislative session, legislators have pre-filed nearly 20 bills aimed at dismantling the initiative petition process, making it harder for Missourians\u2019 voices to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe League of Women Voters believes responsible government should be responsive to the will of the people,\u201d<\/em> said Marilyn McLeod, President of the League of Women Voters. <em>\u201cThe citizen initiative petition is the most direct form of voter participation in our democracy. This valuable and trusted process has been enshrined in the Missouri Constitution for more than 100 years and has been used for both conservative and progressive issues. It is already a complicated and difficult process. Therefore, the League of Women Voters of Missouri opposes any attempts to make it more difficult to get a measure on the ballot or to raise the threshold for approval.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMissouri\u2019s initiative petition process represents the purest form of direct democracy. It is the way Missouri voters across the political spectrum can let their voices be heard,\u201d <\/em>said Denise Lieberman, Director and General Counsel at the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition.<em> \u201cMissourians overwhelmingly support the initiative petition process. These continued efforts by legislators to limit voter participation and freedom of speech is anti-American and undermines our democratic process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After failing to end majority rule in 2023, Missouri legislators pre-file legislation to dismantle the initiative petition process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,34,35,40,48,73],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-initiative-petition","tag-ip","tag-ip-process","tag-ip-reform","tag-legislature","tag-missouri","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}