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2021 Op. Mo. Att'y Gen. 1 (2021-2022)

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                     ATTORNEY   GENERAL   OF  MISSOURI
                               ERIC  SCHMITT

                               January 15, 2021

                                               OPINION   LETTER   NO. 1-2021
The Honorable  John R. Ashcroft
Missouri Secretary of State
James  C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center
600 West Main  Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101

Dear Secretary Ashcroft:

      This opinion  letter responds to your request  dated January   5, 2021,
for our  review  under  § 116.332, RSMo,   of the sufficiency as to  form  of
an  initiative petition to amend  Article III, of the  Missouri  Constitution
submitted by Winston Apple  (2022-007).

      We  approve the petition as to form, but § 116.332 gives the Secretary of
State final authority to approve or reject the petition. Therefore, our approval
of the form of the petition does not preclude you from rejecting the petition.

      Because  our  review  of  the petition is  simply  for the  purpose  of
determining  sufficiency as to form, the fact that we do not reject the petition
is not to be construed as a determination that the petition is sufficient as to
substance. Likewise, because  our review  is mandated  by  statute, no action
that  we  take  with  respect to  such  review  should  be construed  as  an
endorsement  of the petition or of the objectives of its proponents, or the expression
of any view respecting the adequacy or inadequacy of the petition generally.

                                               Very truly yours,




                                               ERIC   S. SCHMITT
                                               Attorney General

                               Supreme Court Building
                                  207 W. High Street
                                  P.O. Box 899
                                Jefferson City, MO 65102       OP-2021-001
                                Phone: (573) 751-3321
                                Fax: (573) 751-0774
                                  www.ago.mo.gov

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