Missouri voters get to decide medical marijuana, minimum wage, ethics reform in fall

[workinclasszero]

BY ALLISON KITE KC Star August 02, 2018 11:54 AM

This fall, Missouri voters will decide whether to raise the minimum wage, legalize medical marijuana and institute sweeping ethics reforms after a slate of progressive campaigns collected signatures across the state to put the issues on the November ballot.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Thursday certified five initiative petitions to appear on November’s general election ballot.

Two petitions, if passed, would legalize medical marijuana by amending the Missouri Constitution. A third medical marijuana petition would legalize the drug in state statute.

Another constitutional amendment proposed by the Clean Missouri campaign would institute ethics reforms and change the way the state draws legislative districts. The fifth petition would raise the minimum wage to $8.65 per hour next year and boost it by $0.85 each year until it reaches $12 per hour in 2023.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article215974915.html

[bearsfootball516]

1. Hopefully, those issues help drive liberals to the polls and boost McCaskill.

[workinclasszero]

2. No doubt

Raising the minimum wage and medical MJ should help dem turnout big time I would think.

Never thought Id live long enough to see medical MJ on a Missouri ballot!

First step to to recreational, for sure.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Excellent news!

Finally, progressive policies for Missouri! We need this desperately.

Vote!

[workinclasszero]

4. Yes!

I’m so happy for this! Gotta be great for the Dems here in Missouri!