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A Missouri House committee advanced a proposal to make it harder for citizens to amend the state constitution.

The measure would require a statewide majority and a majority in all eight congressional districts to pass citizen-led initiatives.

This new, higher standard would not apply to ballot measures placed by the state legislature.

A proposal that would make it virtually impossible for voters to change the constitution or state law through the initiative petition process cleared a Missouri House committee the evening of Thursday, Sept. 4.

The legislation sponsored by state Rep. Ed Lewis, a Republican from Moberly, largely mirrors a request from Gov. Mike Kehoe to require a majority of voters in all of Missouri’s eight congressional districts and a statewide

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