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2019 Op. Mo. Att'y Gen. 1 (2019)

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                            ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOUI
 ERIC SCHMITT                       JEFFERSON CITY                         P.O. Box 899
ATTORNEY GENERAL                        65102                              (573) 751-3321
                                             January 7, 2019


                                                   OPINION LETTER NO. 1-2019


     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 December 27, 2018,
     for our review under § 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of
     an initiative petition to amend Article I, of the Missouri Constitution
     submitted by Patricia Thomas, (2020-0019).

           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


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