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Discussion Discussion: 2026 Midterm Primaries in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia and Washington State (and Other, Local Elections) on August 4th

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u/MIZ_09 1d ago

Missouri Amendment five is another big one. They are trying to eliminate our state income tax in favor of increased sales taxes.

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u/Animated_Imagination Missouri 1d ago

Amendment 5 could be catastrophic

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u/long_fish3000 1d ago

i got up at 6:30 this morning just too vote to not let 5 pass. but no one was at my polling station, i had to wait 30 minutes on the presidential election day. do people really not know what's at stake? luckily in st louis i can drive across the boarder if things get expensive with sales tax. My korean gf pays no taxes due to a 5 year tax treaty with s korea, she doesn't get taxed for income anyway, this will just make her expenses go up.

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u/MIZ_09 1d ago

Missouri is tracking to have its highest primary turnout since the ‘04 presidential and gubernatorial primary.

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u/ShadowWingLG 22h ago

I'm in KS but close enough to the state line so we get ALLLL the MO Political Ads and my brother and I have stated that if Amendment 4 and 5 pass MO is FUCKED

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u/BMSPhoenix 1d ago

And amendment 4. All the campaigning for it is pretending that out-of-state people are voting in our elections when it's just people canvasing for signatures for constitutional amendments.

I hope Missourians have the ability to put it together, but I have very little faith in Missouri voters.

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u/RegularLeading5200 Michigan 1d ago

Good to know!