Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has filed an appeal in response to a court’s ruling on a proposed vote to make many abortions legal again in Missouri. The move follows Cole County Judge Jon Beetem’s rewriting of the wording used to summarize to voters what 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...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey continues to resist handing over the State Auditor’s cost estimates for several proposed abortion amendments to the Secretary of State’s office. Bailey bypassed the 24-hour deadline for handing over the estimated costs of...
A Cole County judge has dismissed lawsuits challenging two issues on the August ballot, saying the deadline has passed for a court change to the ballot language of those issues as plaintiffs had hoped. The rulings deal with Constitutional Amendment 5, which supporters...
A judge has heard the arguments of attorneys who say the language of two issues on the August ballot should be struck down, and attorneys who say it’s too late for that. The challenges are against Constitutional Amendment 5 that backers say would strengthen the...
