The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a law passed last year that authorized new regulations for writing summaries for ballot measures. Sean Soendker Nicholson, a progressive political activist based in Kansas City, filed suit, claiming the law is...
For the second time, a Cole County judge has rejected the language in a proposed constitutional amendment to once again ban many abortions in Missouri. On Tuesday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered Sec. of State Denny Hoskins to again submit ballot...
A state Senate bill is moving through the House that would change the process for how amendment questions appear on election ballots. A House committee passed the measure (SB 22) to give the courts less power writing the language that describes a question on the...
A big step back for Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft over abortion ballot language. Earlier today, Cole County Judge Jon Beetem struck down language in six proposed ballot initiatives that would make most abortions legal again in Missouri. Ashcroft’s office had...
