JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missourians were sharply divided on ‘Right to Farm,’ but spoke more in unison on the other four issues that came to the ballot on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
‘RIGHT TO FARM’
Amendment 1, ‘Right to Farm,’ passed with only a .3 percent margin. The statewide vote count, accruing to unofficial results posted at the Missouri Secretary of State’s website was 498,751 Yes, to 496,974 No.
At the Lake, the votes were heavier on the “Yes” side, with the following tallies:
Camden - 5,255 Yes; 4,047 No
Miller - 3,444 Yes; 1,441 No
Morgan - 2,911 Yes; 1,515 No
‘RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS’
Amendment 5, guaranteeing the “Right to Keep and Bear Arms,” passed handily in Missouri, by more than 20 percentage points. The vote tally was 602,076 Yes, to 385,422 No.
Lake-area voters were also strongly for Amendment 5:
Camden - 6,711 Yes; 2,546 No
Miller - 3,694 Yes; 1,086 No
Morgan - 3,370 Yes; 973 No
HIGHWAY SALES TAX
Missourians told MoDOT “No,” as Amendment 7—which would have levied a 3/4-percent sales tax throughout the state for 10 years to fund transportation projects—went down in resounding defeat.
It failed by 19 percentage points. The vote tally was 407,532 Yes, to 590,963 No.
Local voters aligned with the rest of the state on this issue:
Camden - 3,995 Yes; 5,288 No
Miller - 2,199 Yes; 2,615 No
Morgan - 2,134 Yes; 2,273 No
VETERAN’S LOTTERY TICKET
Amendment 8, which would have allowed the creation of a lottery ticket to fund veterans’ programs, was also solidly defeated.
440,369 voters said “Yes” to the proposal, but 538,575 said “No”: a difference of 10 percentage points.
Mixed results came from Lake-area counties, but the issue was clearly one about which local voters were divided.
Camden - 4,545 Yes; 4,643 No
Miller - 2,513 Yes; 2,209 No
Morgan - 2,407 Yes; 1,891 No
ELECTRONIC DATA PROTECTION
In the largest victory among the proposed amendments, Missourians overwhelmingly said they want a right to privacy extended to their electronic data. The vote on Amendment 9 was 728,549 “Yes” to 246,020 No: a difference of nearly 50 percentage points.
Voters at the Lake also gave a resounding “Yes” to this amendment:
Camden - 7,345 Yes; 1,864 No
Miller - 3,721 Yes; 967 No
Morgan - 3,517 Yes; 762 No
