Absentee Ballot: A ballot used when a person is serving in the military, hospitalized, or traveling on business. Those convicted of felonies are not eligible to vote and thus cannot use an absentee ballot.
Initiative: A law that starts with collecting citizens' signatures and then proceeds to a popular vote.
Referendum: Allows citizens to put a recently passed law on the ballot, enabling voters to either approve or reject it.
Recall: Allows citizens to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election. Example: The 2003 recall of California Governor Gray Davis, which led to Arnold Schwarzenegger becoming governor.
Line Item Veto: Allows the governor to reject parts of a spending bill instead of the entire bill.
Primary Election: An election to decide which candidate will represent a political party in a general election.
Native Americans: Several tribes inhabited the area of present-day Missouri, including the Osage, Fox, and Sauk tribes.
The Louisiana Purchase:
Lewis and Clark Expedition (Corps of Discovery Expedition):
Missouri Statehood:
Missouri Constitution: The current Missouri Constitution was adopted in 1945.
Capital: Jefferson City.
Westward Expansion:
U.S. President from Missouri: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953).
Voting in Missouri:
Taxes:
Political Parties:
Non-Partisan: