密苏里州选民表决繁荣基金与警长地位两项修正案：圣路易斯县另议长者服务税
11月3日，美国密苏里州圣路易斯县圣路易斯市选民与全州选民一起投票，投票时间为早上6时至晚上7时。州务卿办公室公布的正式选票文本显示，除第3号修正案、公民提案权第6号修正案与国会选区图公投提案A外，选票上还有两项较少被讨论的全州修正案。
第7号修正案拟设立永久性公共捐赠基金「Show-Me Prosperity Fund（繁荣基金）」，以投资收益支持州政府运转，目标是在收益足以替代时取消州级税收；基金收益达标前，州议会不得动用或挪用基金。第8号修正案拟把县警长的民选地位写入州宪法：各县每四年选举警长，警长只能经州总检察长提起的职务资格诉讼被免职。
在圣路易斯县，选民还将表决两项县级议案：一项涉及县审计官的任期与章程表述，一项拟征收每100美元评估价值5美分的房产税，设立60岁以上居民服务基金。GSM 此前已报道本州的第3号修正案与选区图之争，本篇补齐其余议案。
（来源：密苏里州州务卿办公室）
Missouri Voters Weigh Prosperity Fund and Sheriff Amendments; St. Louis County Adds Senior Services Tax
On November 3, voters in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, joined voters statewide at the polls from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Beyond Amendment 3, the initiative-process Amendment 6 and the Proposition A referendum on the congressional map, the official ballot published by the Missouri Secretary of State carries two less-discussed statewide amendments.
Amendment 7 would create a permanent public endowment, the Show-Me Prosperity Fund, to support state government from investment earnings, with the goal of eliminating state-imposed taxes once earnings are sufficient; until then, the General Assembly could not appropriate or divert the fund. Amendment 8 would write the elected status of county sheriffs into the state constitution: sheriffs would be elected every four years and could be removed only through a quo warranto action brought by the Attorney General.
St. Louis County voters are also deciding two county questions: one on the county auditor's term and charter wording, and one levying a property tax of five cents per $100 of assessed valuation to create a services fund for residents aged 60 and older. GSM has previously covered Amendment 3 and the map fight in this state; this report rounds out the remaining measures.
(Source: Missouri Secretary of State)
来源：密苏里州州务卿办公室
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图片来源：图：位于 Jefferson City 的密苏里州议会大厦。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（CC0，KTrimbach)。 / Photo: The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC0, KTrimbach).
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