Iowa and Missouri statewide issues

Posted: 11.03.2008 at 10:37 AM

Read more: Local, Politics, Missouri, Iowa, Election, Constitutional Amendments, Propostions

Below are brief details of statewide propostions and Constitutional Amendments on Tuesday's ballots:

Missouri-

Propostion A would remove the $500 loss-limits in Missouri casinos, cap the number of casinos in the state and increase gambling taxes. Some of the additional money would be earmarked for public schools.

Proposition B would establish a state home health care council with the goal of improving training and recruiting home health care workers.

Propostion C would require investor owned utilities in the state to invest at least 15 percent of their energy portfolios on renewable energy, such as wind and solar, by 2021. The is a restriction of no more than one-percent rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy.

Constitutional Amendment 1 would make English the official language at all governmental meetings in Missouri.

Constitutional Amendment 4 would limit the availability of grants and loans to public water and sewer districts and remove a cap on available funding and existing restrictions on disbursements.

Iowa-

Constitutional Amendment Question to change the language in the state constitution that describes a person who cannot legally vote from “idiot or insane person” to “a person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote.”

For more information and complete wording of the proposals or constitutional questions, visit the Missouri Secretary of State website or the Iowa Secretary of State website.

Be sure to tune into KTVO's Complete Election Coverage Tuesday.

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