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2025 Op. Mo. Att'y Gen. [1] (2025)

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                      ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI

                               ANDREW BAILEY
                                 January 2, 2025

                                        OPINION   LETTER NO. 1-2025

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 23, 2024 for our
review under § 116.334, RSMo of a proposed summary statement prepared for the
petition submitted by Winston Apple, 2026-003. The proposed summary statement is
as follows:

       * allow for members of the General Assembly to acquire proxies from each
       eligible Missouri voter to vote on all matters;
       * require the governor to establish, maintain, and ensure the security and
       privacy of an online system for voters to facilitate electronically assigning and
       reassigning of proxies;
       * require the secretary of state to create a proxy form by January 2, 2027; and
       * require the General Assembly to pass legislation providing penalties for proxy
       malfeasance?

       Pursuant to § 116.334, RSMo, we approve the legal content and form of the
proposed statement. Because our review of the statement is mandated by statute, no
action that we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement
of the petition, nor as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its
proponents.

                                                 Very  truly yours,



                                                 ANDREW BAILEY
                                                 Attorney  General

                                                                   OP-2025-001
                                 Supreme Court Building
                                   207 W. High Street
                                     P.O. Box 899
                                  Jefferson City, MO 65102
                                  Phone: (573) 751-3321
                                  Fax: (573) 751-0774
                                    www.ago.mo.gov

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