Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Stacy Shore to amend Article IX of the Missouri Constitution (2016-019).

C U R l S KOSTER A TTORN~V GENEilAI. ATTOR NEY GENER AL OF M ISSOURI J EFFER SO N C ITY <35102 February 9, 2015 P.O.Box899 (1:)73) 7~1-{3321 OPINION LETTER NO. 13-2015 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 28, 2015, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Stacy Shore (2016-019). 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 § 116.332.4, RSMo, the Secretary of State is authorized to OP-2015·0015 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 truly yours, ~~(;./.: Attorney General OP-2015-0015