Voters will once again decide on a constitutional amendment to increase minimum funding for Kansas City’s police department after the Missouri Supreme Court set aside a previous result from the 2022 election.

The extraordinary decision found that Missouri voters were misled by statewide officials when they approved the measure. It calls for a new election to be held in November.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department,

Missouri Supreme Court ruled 2022 ballot raising Kansas City budget for police department misled voters after Mayor Quinton Lucas sued state.

The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a new statewide election on whether Kansas City should have to spend a higher minimum amount of its annual budget on its police department.

Missouri voters passed a constitutional amendment in November 2022 that required Kansas City to increase its minimum funding of the police department. But the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the language on the original measure was so inaccurate that it casts doubt on the fairness of the election.