69-2025: INITIATIVES.INITIATIVE PETITIONS.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI
ANDREW BAILEY
Supreme Court Building
207 W. High Street
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3321
Fax: (573) 751-0774
www.ago.mo.gov
May 29, 2025
OPINION LETTER NO. 69-2025
The Honorable Denny Hoskins
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 May 19, 2025 for our
review under § 116.332, RSMo of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition
submitted by Jamie Howard, Article III, version 4, 2026-051
We conclude that the petition must be rejected for at least the following
reason:
failure to correctly address the signature sheet to the current secretary of state as required
in Section 116.040.
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,
ANDREW BAILEY
Attorney General
OP-2025-075