Respect MO Voters, an initiative petition campaign aimed at preventing politicians from rolling back changes to state law initiated by voters, exceeded 300,000 signatures on Thursday, according to organizers.
At Ophelia’s Restaurant and Inn in downtown Independence, co-founder and campaign director of Respect MO Voters, Benjamin Singer, was on stage when the campaign passed the 300,000 mark in a room full of supporters. The group has already gathered enough raw signatures to qualify for the ballot, Singer said, but still needs more in certain congressional districts. It seeks to exceed the minimum threshold and deliver more than enough signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office.
