200.039 PETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR BALLOT QUESTIONS.
If a statute:
(1) provides that a ballot question may or must be placed on the ballot when a specified
number of individuals have signed a petition; and
(2) specifies the number of individuals required under the statute as a percentage of the
individuals who voted in a previous election,
the statute must be construed to mean that the petition must be signed by a number of current
voters equal to the required percentage specified in the statute. The statute must not be construed
to restrict the eligibility to sign the petition to only those individuals who were eligible to cast
ballots or who did cast ballots in the previous election.
History: 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 6