Wes Shoemyer, Darvin Bentlage, and Richard Oswald v. Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander

The plaintiffs have filed an election contest challenging the summary statement in the ballot title of a proposed constitutional amendment. This case, like Dotson v. Kander, 464 S.W.3d 190, 2015 WL 4036160 (Mo. banc 2015) (No. SC94482), decided today, raises the issue of whether a challenge to a ballot title may be brought'after voters have adopted the measure.

Because this Court held in Dotson that chapters 115 and 1161 allow for such challenges, plaintiffs may bring this suit. The *173summary statement here was sufficient and fair. This Court finds there was no election irregularity, and the…