I’m a 27-year-old St. Louis woman fighting back against a growing pattern in Missouri: voters make a decision, and politicians work to undo it anyway.
In November 2024, Missouri voters passed Proposition A with about 58% support, approving a minimum wage increase and earned paid sick leave for workers statewide. Missourians were clear: working people deserve basic protections.
But in 2025, state lawmakers and the governor repealed the paid sick leave requirement, stripping out a key part of what voters approved, despite the measure surviving legal challenges.
This wasn’t an isolated incident.
In August 2018, Missouri voters were asked whether to keep a legislatively passed right-to-work law. Voters rejected it decisively, 67.5% voted NO, repealing the law outright.
And yet, lawmakers have continued to reintroduce right-to-work proposals in subsequent years, ignoring what voters have already decided.
Time and time again, Missourians use the ballot box to make our will known, and time and time again, politicians attempt to repeal, delay, re-package, or re-fight those outcomes.
That’s why I support Respect MO Voters.
This movement is about protecting direct democracy and making sure politicians can’t override voter-approved laws, sabotage citizen initiatives, or confuse voters with misleading ballot language. When the people decide, the decision should stand.
Thank You for Being Here
If you’re reading this, you’re already part of the solution. Democracy doesn’t protect itself; the people do. Your support helps ensure that voting truly matters in Missouri.
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We vote.
They work for us.
And we’re done letting them forget it.
Paid for by: Respect Missouri Voters PAC, Frederic Steinbach, Treasurer