Initiative Petition explainer
Amendment 6 explainer
Explainer video about initiative petitions in Missouri
In the summer of 2026, I learned about Respect Missouri Voters from my mother-in-law who lives in Missouri and is reguarly involved with progressive politics. Respect MO Voters is a volunteer-led coalition working to protect and strengthen citizens’ law-making power in Missouri. I decided I wanted to take on this work pro-bono (though my MIL did reimburse me with a generous gift)!
The organization had already published a video featuring the character Mo the bear. I was able to reuse parts of that animation that another volunteer Sarah had worked on in order to maintain consistency. We shared files via Google Drive, communicated on Slack, and split up the work seamlessly.
I animated the parts of the Initiative Petition video from 0:00-0:28 and 0:53-1:12, plus the 2 characters high-fiving at the end by the voting booths. This ended up being a fun project and easy collaboration!
Respect MO Voters later approached me to create a :30 video describing Amendment 6. I did this one alone and was able to repurpose some of the animations from the earlier Initiative Petition video for some parts. I turned this around in less than a week and everyone was thrilled.
The bill passed by 60% vote on November 3rd! Missouri now boasts some of the strongest protections for the initiative petition process in the entire country.
