Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Angela Daniels to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution, version 1 (2016-015).

C HRIS KOSTER ATTORNEY GENERAl. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI JEFFERSON C ITY 65102 January 16, 2015 P.O.Box899 (573) 7 5 1-.3321 OPINION LETTER NO. 8-2015 The Honorable Jason Kander Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center 600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 Dear Secretary Kander: This opinion letter responds to your request dated January 8, 2015, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Angela Daniels, version 1 (2016-015). We conclude that the petition must be rejected for at least the following reasons: 1. The petition is not in the form prescribed by § 116.040, RSMo. 2. The petition does not contain "all matter which is to be deleted included in its proper place enclosed in brackets and all new matter shown underlined" as required pursuant to § 116.050, RSMo. Because of our rejection of the form of the petition for the reasons stated above, we have not reviewed the petition to determine if additional deficiencies exist. Pursuant to § 116.332.3, RSMo, the Secretary of State is authorized to OP-2015-0005 www.ago.mo.gov The Honorable Jason Kander Page 2 review this opinion and "make a final decision as to the approval or rejection of the form of the petition." Very tru:y 2 k---- C RIS KOSTER Attorney General OP·2010·0005