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Missouri courts keep rewriting ballot language as fights over direct democracy intensify
As Missouri secretary of state, Denny Hoskins is often responsible for reducing complicated ballot measures to a few sentences voters can understand.
In his first year and a half in office, judges have repeatedly found those sentences unfair, insufficient or misleading.
Courts have rejected or rewritten Hoskins’ descriptions five times on measures involving abortion, redistricting, public education, private-school funding and the initiative-petition process itself.
But the pattern extends beyond the secretary of state’s office.
https://missouriindependent.com/2026/06/12/missouri-courts-keep-rewriting-ballot-language-as-fights-over-direct-democracy-intensify/