Review and rejection of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Austin Shaffer amending Article XXVIII (2022-020).

STAND INVIDED ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI ERIC SCHMITT March 29, 2021 OPINION LETTER NO. 29-2021 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 March 19, 2021 for our review under § 116.332, RSMo of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition submitted by Austin Shaffer, 2022-020. 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." Very truly yours, ERIC S. SCHMITT Attorney General Supreme Court Building 207 W. High Street P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: (573) 751-3321 OP-2021-033 Fax: (573) 751-0774 www.ago.mo.gov