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Amendment 1 (Aug 4, 2026 primary): Sales Tax Revenue for Parks and Conservation Renewal

Sales Tax Revenue for Parks and Conservation Renewal

No official arguments Passed — Yes 1,144,945 (82.292%) / No 246,367 (17.708%); official results as announced by the Board of State Canvassers on August 25, 2026 (3,235 of 3,235 precincts) Constitutional amendment Environmental ProtectionTax & Revenue As of 2026-10-10
Data note

MO SOS uses the ballot question itself as the official ballot title; official_title set to NCSL short title for display.

Result updated 2026-10-10 from official MO SOS results (https://enr.sos.mo.gov/; PDF printout browser-downloaded by Anil, manual-downloads/MO-2026-aug-primary-official-results.pdf). Totals verified with pdftotext and match the figures Anil supplied. Previous news-sourced figures (Passed — Yes 1,141,865 (82.3%) / No 245,778 (17.7%)) differed slightly and are superseded. enr.sos.mo.gov is bot-blocked to curl (403); loads in a real browser.

Missouri publishes fair ballot language (yes/no meaning) and a fiscal note summary; no official pro/con arguments. Source: Proposed by Article IV, Section 47(c), Missouri Constitution (SJR 1, 2005)]; [View Certificate of Official Ballot Title

Ballot text (Official ballot title (question))

Shall Missouri continue for 10 years the one-tenth of one percent sales/use tax that is used for soil and water conservation and for state parks and historic sites, and resubmit this tax to the voters for approval in 10 years?

What a YES vote means

A “yes” vote will continue for 10 years the one-tenth of one percent sales/use tax that is used for soil and water conservation and for state parks and historic sites. This will be resubmitted to the voters for approval in 10 years.

What a NO vote means

A “no” vote will not continue this sales/use tax.

Explanatory statement

Not published by the state

Fiscal impact

The measure allows continued collection of the existing sales and use tax, which generates revenue of approximately $140 million annually. If passed, this measure will not increase or decrease taxes.

Argument FOR

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Argument AGAINST

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Both columns use the same layout. Text is quoted from the official state guide. Views expressed belong to the argument authors.

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