Ashcroft’s Office Receives Signatures for Two Initiative Petitions

Jefferson City, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office received two initiative petitions prior to the May 8 deadline. Once scanned, signature pages will be submitted to local election authorities for signature verification.

Petition Number	Date Signatures Submitted	Type of Amendment	Number of Boxes Submitted
2022-059	May 8, 2022	Constitutional	731
2022-051	May 8, 2022	Constitutional	192

The secretary of state has two weeks to provide the applicable signature pages to local election authorities for validation. Local election officials must provide the certified number of valid signatures to the secretary of state by July 26, 2022.

The secretary of state will then issue a certificate of sufficiency (noting the minimum number of required signatures has been met) or a certificate of insufficiency (noting that the minimum number of required signatures has not been met) no later than 5 p.m. on August 9, 2022.

Visit www.sos.mo.gov to learn more about the Office of the Missouri Secretary of State.