Missouri Electric Cooperatives v. Kander

Challengers to an initiative petition, who claim the Secretary of State’s certification of the petition for inclusion on the ballot should be reversed pursuant to section 116.200.1 because the initiative violates the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and the Privileges and Immunities Clause, appeal from a trial court judgment denying their pre-election claims because they are not ripe for adjudication. Because the constitutional challenges are not ripe for pre-election judicial review, the trial court’s judgment is affirmed.

Factual and Procedural Background1

On December 2, 2014,…