Jefferson City, Missouri — In less than two months, People Not Politicians has collected over 150,000 signatures from Missourians in all 115 counties outraged by the state’s illegal gerrymandered maps. Desperate politicians seeking to silence Missourians overwhelming voice have continued to spread false and misleading information about the citizen referendum process. More information is outlined in a fact v. fiction one-pager here.
For over 150 years, the citizen referendum has stood as one of Missouri’s strongest democratic checks on political power. It guarantees Missourians the right to hold their leaders accountable and ensure that the will of the people — not political insiders — shapes the state’s laws.
The following statement can be attributed to Richard von Glahn, Executive Director of People Not Politicians Missouri and a veteran of more than ten statewide initiative petition campaigns:
“Every attack from politicians trying to silence us brings us more volunteers and more support. This referendum will qualify, and Missourians — not politicians — will decide the future of fair representation in our state.”
Signature gatherers are available to speak to the press by request.