06/22/26 Missouri Mondays - This promise of freedom is only as strong as those who chose to uphold it! What will you do this week? / Absentee voting for Aug 4 Election begins TUES Jun 23!
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Welcome to Missouri Mondays!
“I found that this promise of freedom is only as strong as those who chose to uphold it. The question is, will you rise to the occasion, or will you stand still as history passes you by?” – Dr. Opal Lee, “Grandmother of Juneteenth”
🗳️Absentee voting (with excuse) starts TUESDAY June 23 for the August 4 election. So much at stake! Prepare to vote using our resources, important dates/deadlines, and SHARE everywhere!
❌❌AMENDMENTS 4 & 5 MUST BE DEFEATED AT THE BALLOT BOX AUGUST 4! Amendments 4 & 5 will have devastating consequences for Missourians. These measures could pass with low voter turnout so it is CRITICAL that we educate friends, family, neighbors and then make sure we all go VOTE NO! See additional details about both amendments below.
✔️Protect democracy one action at a time! This week check your voter registration, canvass for candidates, attend ballot issue and candidate forums, connect with like-minded people and groups in your community and online.
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📅 MISSOURI VOTER IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES FOR AUG 4 ELECTION
JUN 23 - TUESDAY Absentee voting BEGINS - (In-person, with an excuse)
JUL 8 - LAST DAY to register or update your registration to vote in Aug 4 Election
JUL 21 - No-Excuse absentee voting (In-person) BEGINS
JUL 22 - Absentee ballot request deadline - last day to request a mail-in absentee ballot
AUG 3 - No-Excuse absentee voting (In-person) ENDS
AUG 4 - Election Day - LAST DAY TO VOTE - Polls open 6 AM - 7 PM - Bring valid photo ID
✔️DO THIS! Check your voter registration! (MO Secretary of State website): https://voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/portal/
✔️Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC) Voter Eligibility & Registration Guidance: https://www.movpc.org/missouri-voter-eligibility-and-registration
✔️ Identify your local election authority: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/localelectionauthority
✔️ Do you have your voter ID? Approved forms of ID are listed below (your address does not need to match the address on the ID):
A non-expired* Missouri driver or non-driver license;
A non-expired military ID, including a veteran's ID card;
A non-expired United States passport; or
Another photo ID issued by the United States or the state of Missouri, which is either not expired *or expired after November 8, 2022.
Voter ID cards issued by your county clerk, driver licenses from other states, and student IDs are no longer accepted as valid IDs to vote.
✔️ Additional voting resources - League of Women Voters KC Jackson Clay Platte Counties. Select “Voting & Elections” tab: https://lwvkc.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=477430&module_id=408128
📣 CALLS TO ACTION / UPCOMING EVENTS
MONDAY JUNE 22 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
📌 MISSOURI VOTER PROTECTION COALITION (MOVPC) MEETING
🗓️ Monday, June 22
⏰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!
✔️Learn more about Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC) and help fund our critical work for voting rights!
🌐 Website: https://www.movpc.org/
👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectMissouriVoters
MON JUNE 22 - KANSAS CITY
📌JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE MEETING
📅 Monday June 22
⏰ 3PM
📍Eastern Jackson County Courthouse 308 West Kansas Independence, MO 🗓️Calendar / Meetings & Agendas here: https://jacksonco.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
MON JUNE 22 - LEE’S SUMMIT
📌JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE FORUM
Hosted by Lee’s Summit Democrats and Blue Springs Democrats
📅 Monday June 22
⏰ 6PM
📍Courtyard Center - John Knox Village, 518 NW Murray Road, Lee’s Summit, MO
MON JUNE 22 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
📌Democratic Legislative Network - Hosted by the Missouri Democratic Party
📅 Monday nights (Online)
⏰ 7:00PM
💻 Via Zoom
🔗Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bGhQ7xqeQdaASSPycnD-Bg
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. Learn how to effectively run for office, support Democratic candidate campaigns, or connect with Democrats and organize in your community. We win when we organize. We organize by building trust. We build trust by showing up.
TUES JUNE 23 - STATEWIDE (VIRTUAL)
📌 Pro-Choice Catholicism 101
📅 Tues June 23
⏰ 4:30pm to 5:30pm
💻 Zoom
✔️ Sign up here: https://donorbox.org/events/936767/steps/choose_tickets
Join Access MO and Catholics for Choice for a virtual conversation about faith and reproductive freedom. If you care about protecting reproductive freedom in Missouri, this workshop is for you. Join Catholics for Choice to learn practical, respectful, and effective ways to talk about abortion and faith — even across differences. Whether you’re Catholic or not, these conversations matter, and this session will help you have them with confidence and compassion. All are welcome!
Special thanks to our co-hosts: Eden Theological Seminary, First Unitarian Church of St. Louis, Kirkwood United Church of Christ, NCJW St. Louis, Parkway United Church of Christ, Peace Church UCC, Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Action, Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
WED JUNE 24 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
📌 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS MO COALITION PARTNER UPDATES
📅 Wednesdays
⏰ 10AM
💻 Zoom
📩 Email Jamie Johnson to join the coalition Zoom each Wednesday - 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.
SAT JUNE 27 - LEE’S SUMMIT
📌JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS CANDIDATE CANVASS
📅 Every Saturday
⏰ 10AM - 2PM
📍Jackson County Democrats LS Campaign Office, 1639 NE Douglas St. Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
✔️Details HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1963665474513770
Join us on Saturday’s for door to door canvassing. TURN YOUR FRUSTRATION INTO ACTION helping candidates in Eastern Jackson County. We must PROTECT our current Democratic seats and ELECT more Democrats to end the Republican supermajority in the Missouri legislature!
SATURDAY JUNE 27 - KANSAS CITY
📌 MIDTOWN KC DEMOCRATS 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PICNIC & POTLUCK
📅 Saturday, June 27
⏰ 10:15am - Noon
📍 Westwood Park, 4798 Wyoming St. Kansas City, MO
✔️Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbnGcpPv9Svy3Kz19_kCkQ5N_jR8sDeAuxt-Cp2Sh0kEUqfQ/viewform
SUNDAY JUNE 27 - KANSAS CITY
📌 GET INFORMED ABOUT AMENDMENTS 4 AND 5 ON THE AUG 4 BALLOT!
Hosted by State Reps. Emily Weber and Pattie Mansur
📅 Sunday, June 28
⏰ 2pm-4pm
📍City Barrel Pizza, 120 E Gregory Blvd, Kansas City, MO
There’s so much at stake! Be an informed voter and join us at City Barrel Sun June 28 from 2-4 to learn more about issues on the August 4 ballot!
🚨URGENT FOR ALL MISSOURI VOTERS!!
What you need to know and SHARE about ballot measures for AUGUST 4 Election!
❌VOTE NO!! on Amendment 4 and Amendment 5
Amendment 4 - Changes the threshold for constitutional amendments proposed by citizen initiative petition. Currently initiative petitions require a simple majority to pass. Amendment 4 would require approval of citizen initiative petitions by a majority of voters in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts. This would mean as few as 5% of Missouri voters could defeat citizen initiative petitions. The changes in Amendment 4 would make it virtually impossible for voters to change the constitution or state law through the citizen initiative process. ❌VOTE NO on Amendment 4!
Amendment 5 - Authorizes lawmakers to expand sales taxes as part of an effort to eliminate the state income tax. “The common thread between the amendments [Amendments 4 & 5] is luring Missouri citizens to surrender long-held constitutional power and freedom, and giving that power to politicians to use unchecked.” “Amendment 5 was Kehoe’s top priority during this year’s legislative session. If approved, it would allow lawmakers to apply sales taxes to transactions not currently taxed, with any new sales-tax revenue tied to cuts in the top state income tax rate, currently 4.7%. Lawmakers would have five years to redefine what is subject to sales tax.” Missouri Independent ❌VOTE NO on Amendment 5
✔️Sign up to volunteer for “NO on Amendment 4” Protect MOjority Rule (MO Realtors Association) campaign: https://protectmojorityrule.com/get-involved
JUNE ACTIONS - JEFFERSON CITY & STATEWIDE
🇺🇲 WE STAND UNITED MISSOURI (JEFFERSON CITY)
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
👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeStandUnitedMissouri/
ONGOING NATIONAL RESISTANCE ACTION FROM ANYWHERE
📞5 CALLS
📣 Make your voice heard. 5Calls 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/
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
202-225-4535 - DC
816-833-4545 - Independence, MO
816-842-4545 - Kansas City, MO
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
202-224-6154 - DC
816-960-4694 - KC
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
202-224-5721 - DC
816-849-6234 - KC
🔥Sample Issues Week of June 22
Oppose Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence (UPDATED 6/19) - https://5calls.org/issue/bill-pulte-director-national-intelligence/
End the War with Iran (UPDATED 6/15) - https://5calls.org/issue/iran-war/
Oppose Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence - https://5calls.org/issue/jay-clayton-director-national-intelligence/
Stop Migrant Abuse at ICE Detention Centers - https://5calls.org/issue/ice-detention-abuse/
Block the Paramount/WBD Media Monopoly (UPDATED 6/15) - https://5calls.org/issue/paramount-wbd-merger-media-monopoly/
See All active topics - https://5calls.org/all/
Constituent Services: Report Your Concerns to Your Representatives - https://5calls.org/issue/constituent-services-concerned-voter/
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THANK YOU! for staying informed and taking action to make a difference!
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In solidarity,
Missouri Action Alliance
“Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto” - “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.” –State of Missouri MottoA group of smiling women gathers for a community event, wearing shirts and buttons that highlight their pride and support for Missouri.
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