GOP lawmakers want to stop judges from rewriting ballots
March 11, 2021
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal before the Missouri Legislature would ban judges from changing ballot language that has been written by the Legislature.
The House gave first-round approval on Wednesday night to the proposal sponsored by Rep. John Wiemann, a Republican from O'Fallon.
The proposal comes after two courts rewrote language before last year's election on proposed constitutional amendment to change how Missouri was to draw state legislative districts, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
The proposal also banned lobbyist gifts. Lawmakers considered that portion of the bill more popular with voters than the redistricting segment, so it was first in the ballot language.