Ballot measure · Missouri · November 3, 2026

Amendment 8

On Missouri's statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would add a section to Article VII requiring each county, outside the exempted areas, to elect a sheriff to a four-year term, making the sheriff the county's chief law enforcement officer with listed duties and the power to hire deputies, and allowing removal only through a quo warranto case brought by the attorney general.2 New art. VII, § 15

A no vote

A no vote would leave the election, four-year term, duties and removal of county sheriffs governed by state statutes, which the legislature can change by passing a law, instead of placing these rules in the constitution.1,2

More about it

The section would not apply in a city not within a county, in a charter county next to such a city, or in a charter county of more than 400,000 people next to a county of more than 900,000 people.2 New art. VII, § 15, subsection 2

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

The General Assembly placed this amendment on the ballot in 2026 as Conference Committee Substitute for House Committee Substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 87.1,2

It is on Missouri's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Missouri's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if a majority of the votes cast on it are yes, and it takes effect 30 days after the election.4 Mo. Const. art. XII, § 2(b)