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Our November 3rd Ballot Is Long, Begin Your Research Now

September 23, 2020 Featured, Politics/Policy No Comments
The St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners is on the first floor at 300 N. Tucker (@ Olive)

I’d imagine most of you know how you’ll vote in the upcoming presidential election. There are five tickets for president, but it’s only between two for most voters. But what about the rest of the ballot? Your civic duty doesn’t end with the presidential race.

In-person absentee voting began yesterday, so now is a good time to review the ballot. This post doesn’t include any endorsements, nor do I try to persuade you from voting one way or another. My goal is that each of you makes informed decisions on all items on the ballot — not just the top race or two.

Here are some resources to help you:

Here are the races on our ballot:

  • President & Vice-President
  • Missouri Executive Offices: (Governor, Lt. Gov, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General)
  • U.S. Representative (this depends on your district. Cori Bush will win district 1 while District 2 is a close race between Ann Wagner & Jill Schupp).
  • State Senator
  • State Representative
  • STL Circuit Attorney
  • STL Sheriff
  • STL Treasurer
  • Retain judges? From state Supreme Court to circuit judges: St. Louis City & St. Louis County
  • CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1
    Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to extend the two term restriction that currently applies to the Governor and Treasurer to the Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and the Attorney General?
    State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.
    YES – FOR THE AMENDMENT
    NO – AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
    .
  • CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3
    Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
    * Ban gifts from paid lobbyists to legislators and their
    employees;
    * Reduce legislative campaign contribution limits;
    * Change the redistricting process voters approved in 2018
    by: (i) transferring responsibility for drawing state legislative districts from the Nonpartisan State Demographer to Governor-appointed bipartisan commissions; (ii) modifying and reordering the redistricting criteria.
    State governmental entities expect no cost or savings. Individual local governmental entities expect significant decreased revenues of a total unknown amount.
    YES – FOR THE AMENDMENT
    NO – AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
    .
  • PROPOSITION D
    Shall the City of St. Louis adopt an ordinance to:
    * establish an open, non-partisan system for elections to the
    offices of Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Board of
    Aldermen, and Alderman
    * enable voters to choose all the candidates they wish in the
    open, non-partisan primary
    * allow the top two candidates to then compete in a runoff
    general election?
    YES – FOR THE PROPOSITION
    NO – AGAINST THE PROPOSITION
    .
  • PROPOSITION 1
    Shall Section 2 of Article VIII of the City of St. Louis Charter, which requires all officers and employees of the City of St. Louis to reside within the City’s boundaries, be amended to permit the employees of the City of St. Louis except for City agency and department directors appointed by the Mayor to reside outside of the City’s boundaries?
    YES – FOR THE PROPOSITION
    NO – AGAINST THE PROPOSITION
    .
  • PROPOSITION R
    Shall the City of St. Louis levy an additional tax of six cents per each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation as authorized by Section 210.860 R.S.Mo. for the purpose of providing additional funding for community children’s services, in particular early childhood services for children aged five years and under, in addition to the current levy of nineteen cents per each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation?
    YES – FOR THE PROPOSITION
    NO – AGAINST THE PROPOSITION
    .
  • PROPOSITION T
    Should Chapter 23 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis be amended to impose a gross receipts tax of seven and one half percent of the gross receipts obtained from Telecommunications Providers, which are and include every entity now or hereafter engaged in a general telecommunication business in the City, providing telecommunication, telecommunications exchange, or local, toll, or long distance, telephone service to its customers with a service or billing address within the St. Louis City limits; and Fiber Networks Providers, which are and include every entity now or hereafter engaged in providing fiber networks, built whole or in part in the City’s public right of way, which are not internet or service providers subject to franchise fees, to customers and other users of fiber networks?
    YES – FOR THE PROPOSITION
    NO – AGAINST THE PROPOSITION

Again, I ask that you take the time to look into all the races & ballot questions before you’re voting absentee or in person on November 3rd.

— Steve Patterson

 

 

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