Review and approval of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Gerald Peterson to amend Chapter 115, Revised Statutes of Missouri, (2020-028).

THE SEALICA GREAT SEAL MISSOURI OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI ERIC SCHMITT JEFFERSON CITY P.O. Box 899 ATTORNEY GENERAL 65102 (573) 751-3321 January 10, 2019 OPINION LETTER NO. 10-2019 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 December 31, 2018, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Gerald Peterson, (2020-028). We conclude that the petition must be rejected for at least the following reasons: 1. 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 whether additional deficiencies exist. Pursuant to § 116.332.4, RSMo, the Secretary of State is authorized to review this opinion and "make a final decision as to the approval or rejection of the form of the petition." OP_2018_0134 The Honorable John R. Ashcroft Page 2 Very truly yours, Eric S. Schnist ERIC S. SCHMITT Attorney General OP-2018-0134