{"id":620,"date":"2024-02-16T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=620"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:54:34","slug":"admits-ballot-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2024\/02\/16\/admits-ballot-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Senator admits resolution is loaded with &#8216;ballot candy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>Monday, February 12, 2024<br \/>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:liz@progressmo.org\">liz@progressmo.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Politicians scheme to trick voters into giving away rights, end 100 years of majority rule<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. \u2013 Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman today admitted \u201cThere absolutely is ballot candy,\u201d in SJR74, the politician\u2019s proposal to end majority rule on constitutional amendments in Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politicians began discussing the resolution that would dismantle democracy as Missourians have known it for over 100 years. SJR74, as currently constructed, would end majority rule in Missouri, potentially requiring more than 70% of a statewide vote for any constitutional amendment to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707782479199-Screenshot2024-02-12170730.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707782479199-Screenshot2024-02-12170730.png 606w, https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707782479199-Screenshot2024-02-12170730-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707782529763-Screenshot2024-02-12170748.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707782529763-Screenshot2024-02-12170748.png 597w, https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1707782529763-Screenshot2024-02-12170748-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows why this resolution is loaded with ballot candy,\u201d said Liz McCune, Executive Director of Progress Missouri. \u201cMissourians hate these plans to end majority rule. Politicians are going to try every trick they can to distract and confuse us from their real agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the past several weeks, thousands of Missourians voiced their opposition to attacks on the initiative petition process, many pointing out that the process already in place gives Missourians the power to make decisions about policies that impact them and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missourians are urged to <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/majority-rule?clear_id=true&amp;source=email-under-the-dome-february-2&amp;link_id=3&amp;can_id=d03ac5923ce792efbdc8360bdd6fd08f&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=release-senator-admits-resolution-is-loaded-with-ballot-candy\">let their legislator know <\/a>they oppose these efforts to trick Missourians into giving their rights away and making it harder for votes to count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Release: Senator Coleman admits her resolution is loaded with &#8216;ballot candy&#8217; to trick voters into passing an unpopular law.<\/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":[33,40,43,48,65,73],"class_list":["post-620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ip","tag-legislature","tag-majority-rule","tag-missouri","tag-rights","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620","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=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}