Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Winston Apple to amend Article III, version 1 of the Missouri Constitution, (2020-034).

THE SEALO GREAT THE MISSOURI OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI ERIC SCHMITT JEFFERSON CITY P.O. Box 899 ATTORNEY GENERAL 65102 (573) 751-3321 January 18, 2019 OPINION LETTER NO. 16-2019 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 8, 2019, for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Winston Apple, (2020-034). 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-2019-0006 The Honorable John R. Ashcroft 2 Very truly yours, Eric S. Schnist Eric ERIC S. SCHMITT Attorney General OP-2019-0006