Camelia Patterson, Legislative Director for Americans for Prosperity-Missouri, joins the program to examine the immediate post-election consequences of Amendment 6 passing on the November ballot. Patterson and the hosts discuss the filing of 10 new 2028 initiative petitions in Jefferson City just days after the election by activist Winston Apple, which include proposals for ranked-choice voting, electronic initiative petition signatures, and legislative proxy voting. Patterson argues that the changes enacted under Amendment 6 empower well-funded outside special interests rather than grassroots citizens, noting the multi-million-dollar signature-gathering thresholds needed to qualify measures for the statewide ballot. The conversation also analyzes Republican voter turnout drops across Missouri—citing a roughly 4,000-vote GOP decline in St. Charles County's House District 104—and previews legislative priorities for the upcoming Jefferson City session under new chamber leadership, including education freedom, property tax reform, and whether lawmakers will revisit congressional redistricting before 2030. The segment concludes with a reminder for listeners to review the newly filed 2028 petitions directly on the Missouri Secretary of State's website ahead of an upcoming interview with Fox News correspondent Chad Pergram.
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