The Missouri Chapter of the Sierra Club has made the following endorsements for the Nov. 3 election: YES on Amendment 6 and NO on Amendment 3 and Proposition A.

Please use the QR code in the graphic or go to www.sierraclub.org/missouri and pull down the "Political Action" menu to see the endorsements on the Chapter website.

Here is further information from the Missouri Chapter's Political Committee:

Amendment 3, Prohibit Abortion and Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Amendment. MO Sierra Club endorses voting NO on Amendment 3. The Sierra Club supports reproductive rights and health care availability. Amendment 3 severely restricts abortion and would end transition care for minors.

Amendment 6, Initiative and Referendum Powers and Legislative Change Amendment. MO Sierra Club endorses voting YES on Amendment 6. For too long the Missouri Legislature has repealed or amended citizen Initiative Petitions (IP) passed by a majority of voters. Amendment 6 requires a legislative high bar (80%) for the legislature itself to seek changes via the ballot to amend prior successful citizen initiatives. Amendment 6 also protects the IP process itself and seeks review for ballot summaries. The Sierra Club supports IPs as a valued part of our state's democracy. Amendment 6 seeks greater protection and legitimacy for that process.

Proposition A, Congressional Map Referendum. Everything about Missouri's Congressional District maps has been confusing this year! But Proposition A simply asks Missouri Citizens if they want to implement the "new 2025 legislative map" or not. The MO Sierra Club endorses voting NO on Proposition A. That "new " map was passed by the Republican-controlled legislature with the explicit aim of redistricting out an historically Democratic district in Kansas City and replacing it with a Republican-leaning district. This re-mapping was done outside the usual 10-year Census timeline for redistricting. The Republican stated goal is to defeat one of Missouri's two Democratic Representatives. If Proposition A fails, the state will continue to use the existing map which was configured in 2022 after the 2020 census. It's important to defeat Prop. A.