Faith leaders, workers, community leaders and representatives of Missourians for Responsible Lending and Give Missourians a Raise will submit more than 350,000 signatures to the Secretary of State today, Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. Upon certification, these signatures will allow Missourians to vote on measures to cap the rate on predatory loans and raise Missouri’s minimum wage on the November ballot.
The reality is that thousands of Missourians depend on the minimum wage to help feed and clothe their children.
Several attempts to affect reform through the state legislature have been made in the last 13 years, but most have died in committee. "When the legislators fail..., communities have stepped up to bring change," Hill said.
Missouri voters get closer to a vote on an initiative to raise the state’s minimum wage
PoliticMO -- The office was buzzing Sunday afternoon awaiting the arrival of new signatures.
When the office closed at 5:00 p.m., signatures had been filed for the following petitions: Amending the constitution to allow for municipal control of the St. Louis police department; increasing Missouri’s cigarette tax to 90 cents; capping annual interest rates, finance charges and fees on payday loans at 36 percent; and raising Missouri’s minimum wage to $8.25.
Supporters of raising Missouri's minimum wage and limiting payday loans submitted petitions Sunday to get the separate measures on the November ballot, beating this weekend's deadline to turn in signatures.
Activists involved in two initiative-petition drives – to cap payday loan rates and to increase Missouri’s minimum wage – submitted more than 350,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office shortly before Sunday’s 5 p.m. deadline.
Organizers of petition drives to raise the minimum wage and restrict payday lending will turn in enough signatures Saturday to put both measures on the November ballot.
Pastors from Springfield, Kansas City and Jefferson City are asking people to sign two initiative petitions. One would raise the state minimum wage by $1 to $8.25 an hour. The other would cap interest rates on payday loans at 36 percent.