Legislation making changes to Missouri elections is on its way to Gov. Mike Kehoe. On Tuesday, the Missouri House passed House Bill 1871 by a 101-47 vote to give it final approval. The proposal is sponsored by State Rep. Peggy McGaugh, R-Carrollton, who spent decades...
With three weeks left to go in the Missouri legislative session, a wide-ranging elections bill is waiting in line to come up for Senate debate. The legislation is designed to ease administrative burdens for local election offices. It’s been years in the making for...
At the Missouri Capitol, lawmakers are debating a State House bill that would restore the Secretary of State’s investigative and subpoena powers for election fraud cases — a tool the office lost when it expired last August. Representative Brad Banderman, R-St. Clair,...
A wide-ranging elections bill would restore Missouri’s presidential primary and lengthen the time that voters can cast an absentee ballot in-person without and excuse. It’s sponsored by State Rep. Peggy McGaugh, R-Carroll County. McGaugh, a former county clerk,...
More than 70 Missouri judges are running in November’s election to keep their job. Alisa Nelson talks to Larry Tucker, the chair of Missouri’s Judicial Performance Review Committee, which reviews the performance of these judges.
