Missouri 1988 ballot measures
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Missouri voters saw eight measures in 1998 on the Special, Primary, and General Election ballots. Overall, six measures were passed. Out of two citizen initiated measures, only one passed.
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In the table below
- LCA stands for legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
- ICA stands for citizen initiated constitutional amendment
1988 Special Election
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCA | Amendment | Commerce, Economic Development | Corporations authorized to hold investment real estate; mandatory cumulative voting eliminated; corporate indebtedness to be made only pursuant to general law | Failed |
1988 Primary Election
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCA | Amendment 1 | Lottery regulation | Increases amount of lottery proceeds available for funding prizes, clarifies powers and duties of lottery commission | Passed |
| LCA | Amendment 2 | Bond issue | Requires four-sevenths majority of those voting to approve bond issues | Passed |
| LCA | Amendment 3 | Corporate development | Allows Missouri corporate law to be changed so that shareholders may determine the business purpose of a corporation and how stock may be voted | Passed |
1988 General Election
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCA | Amendment 1 | Legislative reform | Changes length of annual sessions of the legislature, other provisions | Passed |
| LCA | Amendment 2 | Bond issue | Authorizes the issuance of an additional $275 million of bonds for water pollution and storm water projects and for improvements to drinking water systems | Passed |
| ICA | Amendment 7 | Taxes | Extends Sales and Use Tax for Soil and Water Conservation and State Parks | Passed |
| ICA | Amendment 8 | Health care | Establishes a trust fund for catastrophic high-risk illness | Failed |
