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04/20/26 Missouri Mondays - Tax hike scheme back in MO House! Tell your Rep. VOTE NO! Final weeks to weigh in on voting rights, more! Make your voice heard!

  • Apr 20
  • 9 min read
Protesters gather at the Missouri Capitol, holding a sign that reads "OUR VOTE. OUR VOICE. OUR POWER." as they rally for voting rights and social justice.
Protesters gather at the Missouri Capitol, holding a sign that reads "OUR VOTE. OUR VOICE. OUR POWER." as they rally for voting rights and social justice.

Welcome to Missouri Mondays!


🚨Final weeks of legislative session!  Protect YOUR voting rights, say NO to tax hikes,  more!  We make it so easy…details provided! 


✔️Connect with community and statewide organizations looking for volunteers! Check out our upcoming events for ideas!


📣 Help us spread the word!  We can’t do this work alone. Share this email and the link to sign up for our weekly Missouri Mondays e-newsletter: https://www.moactionalliance.com/signup.


🌐 FOLLOW US on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MOActionAlliance, on Bluesky @moaction.bsky.social, on Instagram at moactionalliance, and check out our website at http://www.MOActionAlliance.com


📣 CALLS TO ACTION / UPCOMING EVENTS


MON APRIL 20  - STATEWIDE (ONLINE) 


MISSOURI VOTER PROTECTION COALITION (MOVPC) MEETING

🗓️Monday, April 20

⏰10AM Online (Zoom)

✔️To sign up text “MOVPC” to 66866 or register here: https://movpc.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=90d5fdc569e873a58aff5887a&id=cf802f0c87

Our Work to Protect the Vote is Rooted in Dignity, Inclusion, Agency and Self-Determination! Protecting our Freedom to Vote Uplifts the Dignity of All!  

Join MOVPC's weekly call for more on legislation moving in Missouri and D.C. and how you can weigh in with your lawmakers.


✔️Follow MOVPC Voting Rights Legislative Tracker here: bit.ly/movotingbills

✔️Learn more about Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC) and help fund our critical work for voting rights! 

🌐 Website: https://www.movpc.org/


MON APRIL 20 - KANSAS CITY


🪧 TAKE ACTION! Show up in solidarity against racist gerrymandered maps!

METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY (MORE2)

DON’T COUNT US OUT: A FAITH BASED RALLY AGAINST GERRYMANDERING

Monday, April 20

Noon-1PM

4700 Troost Ave.

Kansas City, MO  64110


Missouri Action Alliance is proud to join More2 and faith and community leaders on Monday April 20 in solidarity and to send a clear message to Missouri politicians “Don’t Count Us Out!” with gerrymandered congressional maps breaking up Kansas City along Troost Ave., a historic racial dividing line. Meet at Cleaver II and Troost for a spirited faith based rally against the racist plan to divide Kansas Citians into new rural congressional districts. The fight isn't over; Don't Count Us Out!  MORE2 is a Kansas City-based organization committed to transforming communities by creating a metropolitan area that embraces all people and offers everyone the opportunity to achieve their greatest potential.


MON APRIL 20 - JACKSON COUNTY / KANSAS CITY 


📌JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE MEETING

📅 Monday

⏰ 3PM

📍Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E 12th Street, 2nd Floor Legislative Assembly Area, Kansas City, MO 64106


📝 Jackson County Legislature 4/20/26 Meeting Details:


✔️Attend Jackson County Legislature meetings in person 

✔️Contact Jackson County legislators about issues important to you. https://www.jacksongov.org/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/county-legislature/legislator-contact-list-2.5.26.pdf


MON APRIL 20 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE) 


NO SHOPPING MASS STATEWIDE TRAINING CALL

AHEAD OF MAY DAY 2026 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

Monday, April 20

7PM - 8:30PM (Online)


This call is the second in a three-part series co-hosted by Missouri Workers Center, Action St. Louis, Indivisible St. Louis, Indivisible Kansas City, and The Woke Ginger.  On May Day, workers and communities across the country are taking collective action: No Work, No School, No Shopping! The No Shopping call on Monday, April 20 at 7:00pm will prepare Missourians to join the national day of action on May 1.  It is for anyone who wants to learn how to participate by withholding their spending on May Day. Participants will hear from speakers about the plan to win, and you will leave with a concrete plan. No union membership or organizing experience required! 


MON APRIL 20 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE) 

📌Democratic Legislative Network - Hosted by the Missouri Democratic Party

📅 Monday nights (Online)

⏰ 7:00PM 

💻 Via Zoom


The Democratic Legislative Network call is hosted by the Missouri Democratic Party. MO Democrats celebrated a record number of candidates filing for office for 2026!  Join this call to get key updates, action items, and upcoming events across the state. Find out how to get involved and make your voice heard! We win when we organize. We organize by building trust. We build trust by showing up. 


URGENT! ACT NOW! - STATEWIDE 


🚨TAKE ACTION! 

📣 TELL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE–NO SALES TAXES ON EVERYTHING! 

❌ VOTE NO! on HCS HJRs 173 & 174!  

🔎Find your legislator here:  https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/Default


🚩HCS HJRs 173 & 174 PASSED IN THE SENATE WITH CHANGES & NOW IT IS BACK IN THE HOUSE

🚩The proposal is to PHASE OUT the state’s individual income tax and REPLACE REVENUE by expanding the sales tax base!  Raising taxes ON EVERYTHING!  


‼️ This scheme will expand sales taxes. To offset the loss of income tax revenue, lawmakers would be authorized to tax more services and digital goods (e.g., streaming services, accounting fees) that are currently exempt.


❌Raising revenue by sales tax is REGRESSIVE because it especially burdens those with less income and least able to afford the higher cost.


❌ Costs will rise and living will be $$MORE EXPENSIVE for nearly ALL Missourians.


🗳️SPREAD THE WORD TO VOTE NO! If passed by the legislature, the plan would go before voters on the August or November 2026 ballot. Educate your friends, family, and neighbors!


ACT NOW -  STATEWIDE 


🚨TAKE ACTION! 

📣 CONTACT YOUR STATE ELECTEDS ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS BILLS!

Details here:  MOVPC Newsletter April 13

🔎Find your legislator here:  https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/Default


HB 3146 - Would prevent courts from rewriting ballot summary language until having SOS take three additional tries; condenses time for challenges to summary to be finalized; PASSED HOUSE & PASSED SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE on April 8; Expected to hit floor of the Senate soon ❌Tell your Senator to vote NO!


HB2387 - Reinstates Presidential Preference Primary; 4/9/26 PASSED HOUSE & SENT TO SENATE ✅Tell your Senator to vote YES!


HB2592 -  Restore voting rights upon completion of imprisonment for a felony conviction, allowing voting by those on probation or parole (except for election fraud offenses). If passed, this measure could restore voting rights to 58,000 Missourians who have served their time, who work and pay taxes, but currently have no voice in government. PASSED HOUSE & SENT TO SENATE  ✅Tell your Senator to vote YES!


HB 1812 - Requires the department of health and senior services to notify the SOS of all death certificates and the SOS to notify the relevant local election authority. PASSED HOUSE & SENT TO SENATE ❌ Tell your Senator to vote NO!


HB1871 - Omnibus elections bill; Allows provisional voting for all elections. PASSED HOUSE -  ✅Tell your Senator to vote YES!


HB2124 - Places limitations on petition circulators, including requiring them to be US Citizens and Missouri residents, limits ballot language challenge to Missouri voters, prohibits being paid based on number of signatures collected. 3/31/26 PASSED COMMITTEE; EXPECT THIS TO HIT THE HOUSE FLOOR SOON -  ❌ Tell your Representative to vote NO!


HB 2125 - Requires data matching with DOR to include citizenship info; reinstates SOS's investigation and subpoena power.  PASSED HOUSE & SENT TO SENATE; 4/8/26 PASSED SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE ❌ Tell your Senator to vote NO!  


SB 986 - Missouri’s state version of the SAVE Act, would require new registrants to provide documentary proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, passport or naturalization papers, to register to vote in Missouri. More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to free documents, disproportinately married women, young voters, seniors, voters with disabilities, voters of color, low-income earners, and transgender voters. Would require clerks to operate a two-tiered voter registration system to differentiate state from federal voters. PASSED Senate elections Committee. 

Action: ❌ Tell your Senator to vote NO!  


WED APRIL 22 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)


📌 People Not Politicians MO Coalition Partner Updates

📅  Wednesdays 

⏰ 10AM

💻 Zoom

📩 Email Jamie Johnson to join the coalition Zoom -  jamie@peoplenotpoliticiansmo.org


The fight for fair maps is not over!! Stay up to date with People Not Politicians MO! Email Jamie Johnson jamie@peoplenotpoliticiansmo.org

to join PNPMO Coalition Partners across the state every Wednesday at 10am on Zoom for the latest legal updates and upcoming actions. 


>>>>>


🪧 TAKE ACTION! Show up in solidarity against racist gerrymandered maps!

METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY (MORE2)

DON’T COUNT US OUT: A FAITH BASED RALLY AGAINST GERRYMANDERING

Monday, April 20

Noon-1PM

4700 Troost Ave.

Kansas City, MO  64110


>>>>>


📣 TAKE ACTION! Tell Denny Hoskins to Certify our Referendum!

Preliminary data from the Missouri Secretary of State's office confirms that a sufficient number of signatures were collected, in every required congressional district, to put the People Not Politicians referendum on the November ballot.  Secretary of State Denny Hoskins knows we have the signatures to qualify. Precedent shows that once a referendum or petition has reached the required number of verified signatures in each of the required districts, the SOS immediately certifies it. Hoskins is trying to find ways to delay our referendum. But his delays aren't protocol, he's playing a political game. Missouri voters will have the final say on politicians' gerrymandered congressional district map whether Hoskins likes it or not.


>>>>>


For the latest news about People Not Politicians MO


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 - KANSAS CITY


ABORTION ACTION MO APRIL KC BASE MEETING (Rescheduled)

Wednesday, April 22

6:00pm – 7:30pm

Central Presbyterian Church

3501 Campbell St.

Kansas City, MO  64109

RSVP: 


In 2024 we became the first state to end a total abortion ban at the ballot box, but how did we get there in the first place? And what does abortion access look like right now, as we organize to stop another abortion ban at the ballot later this year? Join the Kansas City base meeting to cut through the confusion and get clear about how we got here, what is at stake, and what it will take to win.


With last month’s Emergency Meeting, Kansas City has shown we have a strong, growing community ready to mobilize for Missourians’ values. Now, our rescheduled Kansas City base meeting is a critical touch point to remind us of how we won in 2024 and how to defeat the abortion ban that MO State Rep. John Patterson is forcing us to vote on later this year.



URGENT - STATEWIDE 


📣 RESPECT MISSOURI VOTERS

WHO WE ARE - Respect Missouri Voters is a grassroots, volunteer-led campaign working to protect the citizen initiative process and make our government work for everyday Missourians. Our goal is straightforward but vital - pass a state constitutional amendment to protect majority rule in Missouri.  Join our campaign to pass a ballot initiative for a state constitutional amendment that will BAN politicians from: 

  • ❌ Overturning initiatives that voters have already passed

  • ❌ Attacking citizens' ability to use the initiative process

  • ❌ Deceiving voters with confusing ballot language


📅  The Missouri Secretary of State’s MAY 3 petition turn-in deadline is fixed.  


‼️ April 19, marks a big milestone in our campaign: the internal deadline for volunteer gatherers to turn in signatures at a notary event. As we complete the final stages of processing and verifying every single petition, we know there are still many signatures out there in the community. We cannot leave a single name on the table.

 

To close this gap, our focus for the coming week is simple: Phone Banking!  We are launching an effort to call each and every gatherer to ensure every signature on every petition sheet gets notarized and turned into the campaign.


✔️TAKE ACTION Phone Banking:  https://secure.ngpvan.com/p/OS3FNsa8OUGKTneUzUk7UQ2




APRIL ACTIONS - JEFFERSON CITY & STATEWIDE


🇺🇲 WE STAND UNITED MISSOURI

We Stand United Missouri is dedicated to promoting freedom and democracy by empowering Missourians to embrace truth, build community, and take action.


✔️Website:  https://we-stand-united.org/

✔️Sign up for weekly newsletter: https://we-stand-united.org/contact


📣 April 17 Newsletter & Events Calendar:  


APRIL ACTIONS - KC METRO


📣 INDIVISIBLE KANSAS CITY 🌐 Website: https://indivisiblekansascity.org/





APRIL ACTIONS - KC METRO (MO & KS)


📣 INDIVISIBLE BOOTS ON THE GROUND MIDWEST

🌐 Website / Resources: https://bootsonthegroundmidwest.org

📅  Calendar of events MO & KS:  https://bootsonthegroundmidwest.org/#calendar



ONGOING -  NATIONWIDE


📞 5 CALLS


📣 Make your voice heard. 5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact. We’re the team making advocacy accessible. 5Calls makes it easy for you to reach your members of Congress and make your voice heard. 


✍️ We research issues, write scripts that clearly articulate a progressive position, figure out the most influential decision-makers, and collect phone numbers for their offices. All you have to do is call.  For more information:  https://5calls.org/


🔥Sample Issues Week of April 20




📰 MISSOURI MONDAYS NEWS SUPPLEMENT



📅 MISSOURI MONDAYS UPCOMING EVENTS SUPPLEMENT



THANK YOU! for staying informed and taking action to make a difference!


✔️Invite your friends and neighbors to join us and sign up for Missouri Action Alliance and this Missouri Mondays weekly email at bit.ly/3pF99Uw


🌐Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MOActionAlliance, on Bluesky @moaction.bsky.social, on Instagram at moactionalliance, and check out our website at http://www.MOActionAlliance.com


In solidarity,

Missouri Action Alliance 

“Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto” - “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.”  –State of Missouri Motto

 
 
 

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