Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Theodis Brown to amend Chapter 320, Revised Statutes of Missouri, (2020-031).

THE GREAT THE OFFICIAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI ERIC SCHMITT JEFFERSON CITY P.O. Box 899 ATTORNEY GENERAL 65102 (573) 751-3321 January 17, 2019 OPINION LETTER NO. 13-2019 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 January 7, 2019, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Theodis Brown, (2020-031). 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; and 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." 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-2019-0003 The Honorable John R. Ashcroft 2 Very truly yours, Eric S. Schnist ERIC S. SCHMITT Attorney General OP-2019-0003