PBS has this follow-up on the Minimum Wage/Paid Leave measure that passed in Missouri last November. How the fight over 2 major voter-approved ballot measures is playing out…
Fields Figueredo said the ability to vote by ballot measure often receives support from voters on both sides of the aisle.
“If you look at how the votes were cast in Missouri, both of these initiatives transcends partisan lines really at a time of hyperpartisanship,” she said. “We’ve seen people come together and we see strong citizens support for measures regardless of party affiliation.”
Democrats in the state say the effort by some Republicans to raise the threshold is “a power grab.”
“What I see is a denial of a democracy to the citizens of the state of Missouri,” Democratic state Rep. Joe Adams told PBS News last year.
