Court Rejects Anti-Hunters' Challenge A federal appeals court has rejected anti-hunting groups’ legal challenge of a Utah voter-approved measure that makes it more difficult to ban hunting via the ballot box. In 1998, Utah voters approved Proposition 5 requiring a two-thirds supermajority to pass hunting-related issues that may appear on future ballots. The Humane Society of the United States and other plaintiffs argued that the measure “marginalized” the anti-hunting viewpoint. Judges disagreed. Missouri is now considering a measure similar to Proposition 5, which would help protect hunting traditions in the Show-Me State. NSSF helps foster these kinds of protections through its support and participation in a special ballot issues coalition of numerous hunting and conservation organizations.