In The News 
You Paid For It: Citizens Group Fights National Takings
An organization of Missouri towns and cities is trying to scuttle a citizen effort to change national takings.
Secretary of State OKs Seven Possible Ballot Initiatives
Four groups bringing seven ballot initiative have made it to petition-approval stage.
Stem cell research opponents try, try again on ballot initiative
For what is at least the third time since 2006, opponents of a measure that protected stem cell research in Missouri are seeking to change Missouri’s constitution to outlaw the controversial form of research.
Anti-Missouri Plan group refiles petition on judge selection
The group trying to change the way Missouri chooses many of its judges has re-filed a ballot initiative after making some changes.
Lawsuits raise another ballot title complaint
The St. Louis-based “Missouri Roundtable for Life” already has sued Carnahan six times over initiative petition issues, and filed a seventh lawsuit this week against Carnahan and State Auditor Susan Montee
Effort to place secret ballot guarantees in Missouri Constitution rolls on
John Loudon - Chairman of Save Our Secret Ballot/Missouri - hopes to have the additional 150,000 signatures collected by this fall.
Missouri man pushes for property tax repeal on 2012 ballot
A suburban St. Louis man wants to ask Missouri voters to repeal the state's tax on personal property such as cars and boats.
Karl Rove and Co. Pounding the Pavement for SOS Ballot
Karl Rove, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder and former state Sen. John Loudon are all pounding the pavement luxuriously carpeted hotel ballrooms this week to rally the corporate class against basic workers' rights
Organizers seek support to block union vote law
Organizers sought backing in terms of people and money on Thursday in a Joplin stop to stump for a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at requiring a secret ballot in union elections.
SOS Ballot head Loudon asserts that unions “blow up cars”
Former state Sen. John Loudon, now head of a Missouri group opposing a measure that would help labor organize, has touched off controversy with his warning Wednesday to business leaders that unions "blow up cars."
