US EditionCole County Judge Again Rejects Secretary of State Ballot Summary for Anti-Abortion Amendment
Judge Daniel Green ruled that Missouri's ballot language must clearly state the repeal of the 2024 abortion rights amendment to ensure voter clarity, requiring Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to revise it.
- On Tuesday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to rewrite ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment banning most abortions.
- Under a statute passed this year, Denny Hoskins, Missouri Secretary of State, has three chances to draft ballot language, which he defended Tuesday as an orderly, transparent process after Circuit Judge Daniel Green’s ruling.
- Attorneys with The ACLU of Missouri and Stinson Law said Hoskins's new language `at best, pays lip service` and Jefferson City attorney Chuck Hatfield criticized its semi-colon for causing `grammatical nonsense`.
- Under the judge's order Denny Hoskins, Missouri Secretary of State, has five days to submit revised ballot language to the court, with until Sunday to convince Circuit Judge Daniel Green or face a rewrite.
- Amid limited access to abortion, the dispute involves the measure that would repeal the citizen-led 2024 amendment and ban gender-affirming health care for minors amid ongoing litigation over abortion access in Missouri.
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Cole County judge again rejects secretary of state ballot summary for anti-abortion amendment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge has, for the second time, rejected the secretary of state's ballot summary for a constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion across Missouri. Judge Daniel Green refused to accept Secretary of State Denny Hoskins' second attempt to write the language for Amendment 3 on Tuesday. Green ordered Hoskins to take care of problems with a bullet point. Green wrote in the order that the bullet point d…
Missouri abortion ban ballot language rejected a second time for being 'insufficient and unfair'
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins will have to rewrite the ballot summary for a proposed constitutional amendment a third time, because the judge ruled that it "fails to adequately alert voters" that the measure would ban abortion.
Missouri Independent
Missouri judge says new ballot language again fails to mention repeal of abortion rights
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has been ordered to rewrite ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban most abortions (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins must try again to write ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban most abortions, a Cole County judge ruled Tuesday. Circuit Judge Daniel Green, in his second ruling on the ballot de…
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