Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Steven Reed to amend Article IV of the Missouri Constitution (2018-331).

JOSHUA D. HAWLEY ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI JEFFERSON CITY 65102 January 18, 2018 P.O. Box 800 (573) 751-3321 OPINION LETTER NO. 18-2018 The Honorable John R. Ashcroft Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center 600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 Dear Secretary Ashcroft: This opinion letter responds to your request dated January 8, 2018, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Steven Reed (2018-331). 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 1n 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 whether additional deficiencies exist. Pursuant to § 116.332.4, RSMo, the Secretary of OP-2018-0008 www.ago.mo.gov The Honorable John R. Ashcroft Page 2 State is authorized to review this opinion and "make a final decision as to the approval or rejection of the form of the petition." Very truly yours, ()rM JOSHUA D. HA Y Attorney General OP-2018-0008