What is the general consensus here on the MO ballot issues?

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I think both tobacco tax issues (ESPECIALLY Amendment 3!), written by the tobacco companies themselves, get an emphatic NO vote. Same with the "Taxpayer Protection" Amendment 4--Warmed-over Hancock Amendment hash, IMHO. The election photo ID measure (Amendment 6) also warrants a NO vote/

What are this group's thoughts on these, and other ballot measures? Sad to say, I'm not as well informed on them as I should be....

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What is the general consensus here on the MO ballot issues? (Original post)	lastlib	Nov 2016	OP
Who's paying for the ads.	Onyrleft	Nov 2016	#1
Here is one answer:	lastlib	Nov 2016	#2
Treasurer is Marc Ellinger...	freebrew	Nov 2016	#3

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Sun Nov 6, 2016, 12:52 PM

Onyrleft (339 posts)

1. Who's paying for the ads.

Everything opposing the tobacco taxes I've seen was paid for by tobacco retailers. Where's the evidence that they were written by tobacco companies?

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Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:26 PM

lastlib (17,294 posts)

2. Here is one answer:

http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2016/10/03/DC07595

Part of the evidence is the provision in Amendment 3 to limit state funding for research into smoking's health effects.

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Response to Onyrleft (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 7, 2016, 03:33 PM

freebrew (1,917 posts)

3. Treasurer is Marc Ellinger...

from a Repub law firm from St. Louis.
Ellinger works in Jeff City and specializes in ballot language.

Emphatic NO on all amendments.
What we need is an amendment that makes 3/4 vote mandatory for amendments.

51% is nothing more than mob rule.

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