JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters could get to decide whether to re-impose limits on the money flowing to political candidates and committees.
Supporters of campaign contribution limits said Wednesday they had submitted more than 272,000 petition signatures to try to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
The measure would cap donations to candidates at $2,600 per election. Contributions to political parties would be capped at $25,000.
Missouri currently has no limits on political giving. Wealthy donors routinely give five- and six-figure checks to candidates.
Voters approved campaign contribution limits in 1994. But those were overturned in court, and limits passed that same year by legislators ultimately were repealed in 2008.
The secretary of state’s office has until August to determine whether the new measure has qualified for the ballot.