Some decisions in Jefferson City are made by the trappings of the offices, not the officeholders, I guess.
A judge on Tuesday ordered a real estate tax initiative to appear on Missouri's November ballot, concluding the measure's supporters submitted enough valid signatures from voters.
Earlier this month the Missouri secretary of state's office concluded that too few signatures were submitted for the initiative to appear. Cole County Circuit Judge Paul Wilson effectively overruled that and ordered election officials to place the measure on the ballot.
The article does not mention the name of the current Secretary of State. Her name is Robin Carnahan, and she is currently running for United States Senate. Maybe the Associated Press didn't want to explicitly tie Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to an attempt to block a citizen ballot initiative to limit taxes in an election year.
I don't mind doing it at all. And I don't mind reminding you of other ballot initiatives being thrown out on technicalities when they don't adhere to the Democratic Party platform.
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