Missouri 2002 ballot measures
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Eight measure appeared on Missouri's ballot in 2002. Two legislative referrals were voted on at the primary election and failed. Half the measures at the general election passed. The measures there included legislative referrals, citizen initiatives, as well as one automatic referral, which is a proposal that appears on a ballot periodically. In this case, the question is put to voters every 20 years.
In the table below:
- LR stands for legislatively-referred state statute
- LCA stands for legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
- ISS stands for citizen initiated state statute
- ICA stands for citizen initiated constitutional amendment
- AR stands for Automatic referral
2002 August Primary Election
| Type | Initiative | Subject | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LR | Proposition A | Cell phone tax | authorizing a monthly 50 cent fee for each cell phone in order to fund a wireless enhanced 911 service | Failed |
| LR | Proposition B | Sales and fuel tax | Imposes an additional sales tax of one-half cent on the dollar and an additional motor fuel tax of four cents per gallon | Failed |
2002 November General Election
| Type | Initiative | Subject | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCA | Amendment 1 | Charter amendment | Allows citizens of the City of St. Louis may amend or revise their present charter to provide for and reorganize their county functions | Passed |
| ICA | Amendment 2 | Bargaining contracts | Permits specified firefighters and ambulance personnel organize and bargain collectively in good faith with their employers | Failed |
| LCA | Amendment 3 | Term limits | Excludes service of less than one-half of a legislative term from calculations of term limits | Passed |
| LCA | Amendment 4 | Debt | authorizes joint projects, bonded indebtedness by joint boards or commissions established between political subdivisions | Passed |
| ISS | Proposition A | Sales tax | Imposes an additional tax of 2.75 cents per cigarette and 20 percent on other tobacco products; revenues placed into a Healthy Families Trust Fund | Failed |
| AR | Constitutional convention | Constitutional amendments | Asks if a convention should be held to revise and amend the constitution. Will appear on the ballot again in 2022 | Failed |
External links
- Missouri Secretary of State 2002 ballot measure descriptions
- Primary election results
- General election results
- St. Louis home rule, term limits, power plant all pass
- Voter Guide to the 2002 Missouri ballot propositions
