…empowered to write — and rewrite — and rewrite, again if challenged — misleading ballot summaries with no real oversight, robbing citizens of valuable signature collection time. Our Republican Secretaries of State have routinely tried to keep our citizen initiatives from passing by writing… - ThreadSky

suegibson.bsky.social • 11 days ago

…empowered to write — and rewrite — and rewrite, again if challenged — misleading ballot summaries with no real oversight, robbing citizens of valuable signature collection time. Our Republican Secretaries of State have routinely tried to keep our citizen initiatives from passing by writing…

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suegibson.bsky.social•11 days ago

…deceptive ballot language that has had to be made right by the courts. Can you even count the number of times you’ve seen “Should the Missouri Constitution be amended to allow only citizens of the United States to vote?” It is already the case — and has been the case — that only citizens can vote!

suegibson.bsky.social•11 days ago

Republican officials like to lead with that deceptive question to trick you into voting Yes for something you would likely oppose if you read further. That kind of trickery, when challenged in court, has in the past often been made right by impartial judges. With the passage of SB 22, the…

suegibson.bsky.social•11 days ago

…Secretary of State can run out the clock with three bad faith attempts at language, delaying signature collection until it’s impossible to get enough signatures to make it onto the ballot.

The bill has earned the nickname: the “Let Politicians Lie Act.”

suegibson.bsky.social•11 days ago

I told Governor Mike Kehoe that to sign SB 22 would be a blatant admission that his party is not delivering important policies that Missouri voters want, and that they plan to resort to lies and deception in order to influence the vote when citizens put forth ballot initiatives.

suegibson.bsky.social•11 days ago

Mike Kehoe then put pen to paper and proceeded to openly admit that his party does not care what voters want, and that they fully intend to resort to lies and deception in order to influence the vote on citizen ballot initiatives.

suegibson.bsky.social•11 days ago

State Senator Mike Bernskoetter admitted it with his vote for SB 22. State Representative Dave Griffith admitted it, too.

With the passage of SB 22, Mike Kehoe, Mike Bernskoetter, and Dave Griffith have openly humiliated themselves and their party for all the state to see.

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