Missouri’s Income Tax Ballot Measure Unlawful, Suit Alleges

Missouri’s proposed ballot measure allowing voters to weigh in on an eventual elimination of the income tax violates the state’s constitution, according to a new lawsuit.

The complaint, filed by a state taxpayer Wednesday in the Cole County trial court, alleges the ballot measure violates the Missouri Constitution’s provision that proposed amendments may only revise or propose one article at a time. The suit seeks to have the measure enjoined from being placed on the ballot.

In April, the Missouri House of Representatives passed two joint resolutions (HJR 173 and HJR 174) seeking voter approval on amending the state ...