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Jeanie McGowan, left, holds the clipboard as a voter signs a petition to cap the rate on short-term loans in Missouri. Leaders from Missouri Faith Voices and Communities Creating Opportunities organized faith leaders to collect voter signatures throughout the state on April 18, 2012. Rev. McGowan is pastor to single adults at First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo.

Jeanie McGowan, left, holds the clipboard as a voter signs a petition to cap the rate on short-term loans in Missouri. Leaders from Missouri Faith Voices and Communities Creating Opportunities organized faith leaders to collect voter signatures throughout the state on April 18, 2012. Rev. McGowan is pastor to single adults at First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo.