If passed, Amendment 5 would wipe out TWO constitutional tax protections Missouri voters put in place themselves:
👉 A 2010 voter-approved ban on sales tax for real estate transactions.
👉 A voter-approved ban on adding sales tax to goods or services not already taxed as of January 1, 2015.
Governor Kehoe has promised that healthcare and real estate would be protected — but the actual amendment contains no such guarantee.
There is nothing in the language preventing new taxes on medical care, home sales, repairs, haircuts, or other everyday services.
Both protections would be gone — and during a five-year window, lawmakers could expand the sales tax WITHOUT A PUBLIC VOTE.
Supporters say this is about eliminating the income tax. But that revenue has to be replaced somehow.
A "yes" vote gives lawmakers broad new power to rewrite Missouri's tax system — without asking voters first.
A "no" vote keeps these constitutional protections in place.
Know what you're voting on.
MISSOURI'S AUGUST 4 PRIMARY IS NOT ONE TO SKIP.
Four constitutional amendments will be DECIDED BY THE VOTERS WHO SHOW UP — and in low-turnout elections, that can be a very small share of Missourians.
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These are not small decisions. They could affect taxes, local services, public schools, citizen-led ballot initiatives, and who has real power in Missouri.
Your vote matters. Your absence matters, too.
Make a plan now. Vote in the Missouri primary on Tuesday, August 4.
🚨 Amendment 5 is on the Missouri ballot August 4 — and the final ballot language makes something very clear:
This amendment is about a lot more than eliminating the income tax.
On the ballot:
✅ Amendment 1 — parks and soil/water sales tax renewal
✅ Amendment 2 — county assessor requirement
✅ Amendment 4 — changes to Missouri’s initiative petition process
✅ Amendment 5 — income tax phase-out and expanded sales/use tax authority
Learn More: we-stand-united.org/amendments
🚨 Amendment 5 is on the Missouri ballot August 4 — and the final ballot language makes something very clear:
This amendment is about a lot more than eliminating the income tax.
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