Jefferson City, MO - The Cole County Circuit Court heard arguments Wednesday in the ACLU of Missouri’s challenge to inaccurate and misleading language the Secretary of State used to describe Amendment 3. Today the Judge issued an order rebuking the Secretary of State for reusing “unfair, insufficient, inaccurate, and misleading” language to describe the probable effects of a passed Amendment 3.
Tori Schafer, Director of Policy and Campaigns at the ACLU of Missouri and the lead attorney on the lawsuit, issued the following statement:
“Today’s ruling confirms that the Secretary of State’s twice rejected description of our Amendment is unfair, insufficient, inaccurate, and misleading.
“The office of secretary of state is not a tax-payer funded campaign. Missourians deserve fair and accurate information on the issues that will appear on their ballot and their probable effect from the state’s chief election officer. The Secretary left the court with no decision but to throw out and rewrite his statement to accurately reflect what Amendment 3 will do when it passes in November.”
Read full order.
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