Kansas City - August 8 Special Election - Questions to be Votes On

August 8 is the next available date for public elections. To participate, you must've been registered to vote by July 12.

As such, Kansas City is holding a special election.

If anyone is interested, here are the questions:

QUESTION NO. 1 (Initiative Petition) (Streetcar System Extension – Elections Required)

Shall the City of Kansas City prohibit any and all City officers, agents and employees from causing the planning for, construction, preparation for construction, preparation of land, or purchase of land if connected to the expansion of the streetcar system or any new fixed rail transit system, without first gaining voter approval, and establish a penalty of up to $1,000 a day for noncompliance?

QUESTION NO. 2 (Initiative Petition) (Streetcar System Extension – Sales Taxes)

Shall the City of Kansas City enact the following two sales taxes:

• (a) a new 1/8¢ sales tax for 25 years beginning January 1, 2018, pursuant to sections 94.600 through 94.655, Revised Statutes of Missouri, the transportation sales tax; and
• (b) a new 1/4¢ sales tax for 25 years beginning January 1, 2018, pursuant to sections 94.575 through 94.577, Revised Statutes of Missouri, the capital improvement sales tax,

all for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating one or more extensions to the streetcar system, that might include a fleet of electric buses to transport people to and from light rail system stations and from a northern station to KCI, from the Kansas City Zoo to the new Cerner Campus, and from the Country Club Plaza to Brookside and south, or as much as can be constructed, maintained and operated with proceeds of the tax, including necessary bridges and other infrastructure?

QUESTION NO. 3 (Initiative Petition) (City Minimum Wage)

Shall the City of Kansas City enact now a municipal minimum wage of $10.00 per hour on August 24, 2017, and increased annually by $1.25 per hour beginning September 1, 2019, to reach $15.00 per hour in 2022?

Source: Kansas City Election Board Sample Ballot [PDF]