ELECTION NIGHT UPDATES: Amendment 5 projected to fail
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Amendment 5, which would allow the General Assembly to phase out income tax and replace it with other tax sources, is projected to fail.
With about 7% of precincts in, 85% of voters had said "no" to the amendment. Decision Desk HQ projected the amendment would fail.
Amendment 1, which continues a sales tax for parks and conservation, and Amendment 2, which creates the position of elected assessor in Jackson County, are both projected to pass.
First ballots counted in Cole County
With absentee ballots counted, Mark Bernskoetter holds a commanding lead in the presiding commission race against opponent Paul Dupuis.
Term-limited House member Dave Griffith, a Republican who represents Jefferson City, held a commanding lead in his race for county clerk.
With just a few precincts reporting, voters had overwhelmingly chosen to extend a half-cent sales tax for capital improvements in Jefferson City.
Amendment 4 projected to fail
Amendment 4 is projected to fail, according to Decision Desk HQ.
ABC 17's election data provider projected that Amendment 4, which would make it harder to pass initiative petitions statewide, would fail, with 85% of votes that were counted at the top of the night against it.
Amendment 4 would require initiative petitions to pass each of the state's eight congressional districts to take effect.
Lines reported at Boone County polling places
Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said a little after 7 p.m. that lines had formed at some polling places.
Lennon said her office had received reports of lines, but she didn't have specifics about which polling places were affected. The lines were not long, Lennon said.
Under the law, people standing in line when polls are supposed to close at 7 p.m. can still vote.
Turnout was at about 37% at 7 p.m. That number does not count mail-in absentee ballots, she said. Lennon predicted turnout around 40%.
Major statewide ballot issues such as Amendments 4 and 5 and local issues such as Columbia's Prop 1 public safety sales tax helped to drive up turnout for a typically sleepy August midterm primary.
