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Elections : Ballot Language – Early Voting – Summary Statement
Seay v. Jones (MLW No. 66948/Case No. WD77873 – 22 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.)
Elections: Ballot Summaries – Circuit Court’s Revision – Eminent Domain
Missouri Municipal League, et al. v. Carnahan, et al. (MLW No. 60056/Case No. WD71224 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where opponents of ballot initiatives […]
Court amends eminent domain ballot language
With a decision in hand that could allow him to begin gathering signatures for a proposed ballot item, anti-eminent-domain activist Ron Calzone is now going after the groups he says […]
Summaries can lead to full-fledged court battles
It can be difficult for Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s office to produce ballot summary language that pleases everybody. Take, for example, a measure aimed at curtailing state funding of […]
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