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Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst praised passage of Amendment 3. “The people of Missouri were loud and clear today in rejecting outof-state meddling in our elections. Amendment 3 will continue to keep our communities whole in next year’s redistricting process.

“We were outspent more than 150-to-1, but this result shows that the power of grassroots politics can still overcome the influence of huge donors. We appreciate all of the support from the Missourians who joined us in this guerrilla campaign on behalf of the people of our state.”

Opponents of the measure say it overturns the voter-approved Clean Missouri and protects elected officials’ bases of power by creating gerrymandered maps.

“We are of course very disappointed that the politicians’ lies and deception appear to have been effective enough to pass Amendment 3,” Clean Missouri campaign officials said in a statement. “Thousands of volunteers from across the state and across the political spectrum have been working for years to pass and then defend fair redistricting rules in our constitution, and today we came up short.”

The coalition that passed Clean Missouri will continue to be engaged in the 2021 redistricting process, the statement noted.

Among the changes Amendment 3 makes is to remove a large percentage of the population when counting for district maps.

The amendment reduces contributions that can be made to state Senate candidates by $100 per election (from $2,500 to $2,400). It does not change limits for state representatives.

The current dollar limit for gifts lobbyists present to state legislators and their employees is $5. The amendment prohibits the gifts.

Amendment 1

Missouri voters also rejected Amendment 1, which would have limited the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general and state auditor to two four-year terms in office. Currently, only the governor and treasurer are restricted to eight years in office.

Amendment 1 was being defeated with 51.9 percent of voters (1,486,860 votes) against it and 48 percent (1,373,891) in favor, according to complete, but unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.