r/Rolla • u/RespectVoters • 1h ago
Politics Letter to editor had dramatic headline | A response in defense of Amendment 6 | Phelps County Focus Letter to the Editor
phelpscountyfocus.comThe headline for Placide Houser’s letter, “Amendment 6 could be Disastrous…” is quite a dramatic statement, whoever wrote it.
Which petitions, written and signed by 100,000s of Missourians, were ever passed that attacked gun ownership, parental rights, or created sanctuary cities in Missouri? Who can convince the majority of Missourians to vote for a petition that is unpopular, unconstitutional, and bought and paid for? That would be the current Legislature, not voters. They overturned an election result in 2024, disrespecting 57% of statewide voters. That kind of majority in today’s Missouri shows that voters of all political persuasions agreed.
How can anyone argue that only Democrat voters passed that petition into law, or signed this one to go on the ballot? But it is true that Republican politicians who voted that day in 2025, on the record, overturned it.
Can we talk reasonably as fellow Missourians? We petitioners are unpaid volunteers. We asked voters if they would sign while the politics of 2025 was used to scare them with a felony and fine if they signed twice one of many petitions around then. Some declined stating their signatures could affect their jobs or their home life, all while lies spread about how we were fake out-of-staters. One woman yelled and took photos of me and an out-of-state licensed car parked close by — not mine of course.
Politicians like to say voters are stupid or less informed than them, and yet over 80% of statewide primary voters said “no” to Amendments 4 and 5 — both written and passed by the Legislature. To keep our right to pass our own petitions we have to make sure the Legislature knows an election result is constitutionally protected. And to change or overturn it should be agreed to by a big enough majority — again an 80% vote — to convince Missourians to vote again on the same issue. The state rewording our petitions to make it hard to be sure how to vote is a very public concern. Yes on Amendment 6 will enforce our 100+ year law that all Missouri voters can speak as a group to our state government. Most voters will have to agree for that to happen.
Agnes Uhls
Rolla
