On September 18, the Missouri State Appeals Court ruled that a lower state court was correct when it kept a statewide initiative on the ballot. Bradshaw v Ashcroft, 820-75. The initiative had been challenged by individuals who testified that the circulator was not always present when the initiative had been signed. Copies of the petitions had been posted on bulletin boards, and some voters signed them when no circulator was present. But the Appeals Court said state law does not allow the Secretary of State to invalidate initiative petitions if the petitions on their face appear in good order, and the petition was signed by the required number of registered voters.
The subject of the initiative was medical marijuana. There will now be three initiatives on the ballot on the subject of marijuana.
Postcard forms for all petitions —
I want [Prop 2018-1] on the Nov 2018 ballots.
There must be a way to also prove that the circulator was not just physically present, but spiritually and emotionally present as well. Perhaps all circulators should be certified in meditation.
Did the circulators swear that they had witnessed the signing?
The circulators stuff is a related to notary public stuff —
to reduce fraud — ie crimes.