THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022
MARYVILLE, MISSOURI
VOL. 111, NO. 13
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Recreational marijuana to be legalized, convention dismissed
VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS
REGISTERED VOTERS
HANNAH CLAYWELL News Reporter | @Hannah_9504
Several amendments were on the Nov. 8 ballot. Missouri Amendment 3, which legalizes recreational marijuana for adults over 21, was one of the amendments with the smallest voting margin. The other amendments were Missouri Amendment 1, Missouri Amendment 4 , Missouri Amendment 5 and the Missouri Constitutional Convention. Missouri Amendment 3 was voted no in Nodaway County with a little more than 60% of the votes. The precincts of Nodaway County all voted no against Missouri Amendment 3 with 3,951 of the 6,642 votes. Missouri Amendment 3 passed with all of the district’s votes. Despite Nodaway County largely voting against the amendment, the unofficial votes from other precincts in Missouri are in favor of passing Missouri Amendment 3 with 1,089,326 of the 2,051,235 votes being yes according to the Secretary of State website. This amendment being passed would mean that any adult over the age of 21 can sell, use and purchase marijuana. There is also the possibility of people that are incarcerated for nonviolent convictions to petition to be released from prison with their record expunged. The record expungement is the first of its kind in any state. The districts with the most voters, like St. Louis County and St. Charles, all voted in favor of Missouri Amendment 3, while the districts with less voters, like Worth and Scotland, voted against Missouri Amendment 3. Missouri Amendment 1, which would let the state treasurer invest state funds in municipal securities, was voted no with 3,470 of the 6,165 votes in Nodaway County. The rest of the state voted similarly, with 54% of votes being against the amendment. Missouri Amendment 4, which allows the increase of minimal funding for the Kansas City Missouri police force, and Missouri Amendment 5, which creates the state Department of the National Guard, were voted yes with around two thirds of the vote in Nodaway County. Amendment 4 was voted yes with 4,022 of the 6,265 votes in Nodaway County. Amendment 5 was voted yes with 4,119 of the 6,227 votes. Amendments 4 and 5 have been voted yes by the majority of Missouri. Amendment 4 with around 63% of votes and Amendment 5 with around 60% of votes. The constitutional convention was voted no by every precinct in Nodaway County with 4,201 of the 6,116 votes. The constitutional convention would be an assembly to revise and amend the Missouri Constitution. This is voted on every 20 years and has not been passed since 1942. The Missouri constitutional convention was voted no with over 67% of votes in Missouri. All of the votes as of Nov. 9 are the unofficial results, and the official results will be announced no later than Dec. 13.
VOTER TURNOUT IN THE COUNTY
STATE REPRESENTATIVE 1ST DISTRICT
Jess Piper
24.8%
Jeff Farnan
75.2%
AMENDMENT 3
MISSOURI CONSTITUTIONAL COVENTION
Yes
Yes
32.3%
53.1%
No
No
67.7%
46.9%
Michael Baumli
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 12 RESULTS
19.2%
Rusty Black
80.8%
GRAPHIC BY MAKAYLA POLAK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Nodaway County supports GOP JAKOB PRATER News Editor | @JakobLPrater
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lection season ended with voting stations closing at 7 p.m. across the state Nov. 8. Missouri’s midterm elections had races for state representatives, state senators and ballot initiatives. Missouri has eight districts for representatives and 34 districts for senators. Nodaway County falls into the 1st District for state representatives and into the
12th District for state senators. In the election of the representative of the 1st District of Missouri, Jeff Farnan won big in Nodaway County, rallying in 4,652 votes out of 6,479. His opponent Jessica Piper amounted to 1,827 votes in the county. In the voting precinct Polk B/C, which includes the area surrounding Northwest, had the closest margin of votes between the two, with Farnan receiving 888 votes and Piper with 553. Farnan beat Piper in all voting precincts in Nodaway County.
Farnan is the Republican candidate in the race for representative of the 1st District. Farnan is a lifelong native of Nodaway County and has campaigned on a platform of proSecond Amendment, pro-life, funding law enforcement and more. Farnan won the election for the 1st District representative, with 9,323 votes against Piper’s 3,070. Farnan’s total made up 75.228% of the votes casted, and Piper managed 24.772%.
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Green family starts law enforcement scholarship
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Did you know: Female officers... Are perceived by communities as being more honest and compasionate Make fewer discretionary arrests, especially of non-white residents. See better outcomes for crime victims, especially in sexual assult cases. Are named in fewer complaints and lawsuits. Use less force and less excessive force.
Law enforcement officers who have a college degree are 40% less likely to use force and more likely to be promoted.
I always wanted to do something to give back to really influence law enforcement forever.” -CLARENCE GREEN
NORTHWEST INTERIM PRESIDENT
KIERSTEN HELM Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian
There are a handful of scholarships for students to apply for using the Standard Scholarship Application. Now, students who desire to make a difference in the criminal justice career path have another opportunity to receive a scholarship credited to the Green family. The Green family started at Northwest when Clarence and Chelli met while both attending school here. Clarence Green is the Interim President of Northwest, but served as Chief of University Police since 1997. Since then, they have continued to make an impact on students’ lives in many different ways, such as cheesecake parties, weiner roasts or playing cards with student organizations. The Green family donated $28,000 to the Northwest Foundation to fully captivate the positive impact they could leave upon this University. This scholarship would be granted once a year as a total of $1,000 and will have preference towards
those pursuing criminal justice or law enforcement careers after college and Black female students. However, it is open to incoming freshmen, sophomore, junior or senior students within any major, who can receive this scholarship. “This scholarship would apply to any major because I truly believe, if you want my biases, I believe if you’re an art major, you would be a better investigator,” Green said. “My experience of working with people who have an art background, they see the world differently and are better police officers.” Randy Strong was a former Northwest student who majored in art and is the Nodaway County sheriff. Kevin C. Hawkins Jr. is another former student who found his way into law enforcement. He is now a Sergeant Watch Commander at Oregon State University and has worked in law enforcement for 14 years. He teaches criminal justice classes while pursuing a doctorate at Wichita State University.
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