Constitutional Amendment 8: County Sheriff Election Protections
Missouri
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 50 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 6,191,814 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(6,191,814 ÷ 6,191,814) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, measured against a statewide vote in MO (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Election Integrity, Public Safety and Crime Control
Constitutional Amendment 8 would write into the Missouri Constitution that county sheriffs must be chosen by election, and that an elected sheriff can be removed from office only through quo warranto — a court case, usually brought by a prosecutor or the attorney general, that tests whether an official may lawfully hold the office.
A YES vote means
A yes vote guarantees county sheriffs are elected and blocks removing an elected sheriff except by a quo warranto court case.
A NO vote means
A no vote leaves sheriff elections and removal rules to current law, without these constitutional protections.
Source: sos.mo.gov