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,...
Does Proposition A violate the Missouri Constitution? That’s what the State Supreme Court is now weighing. The voter-passed initiative will raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $15 an hour next year and requires employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every...
Missouri voters can cast an absentee ballot on Saturday at their local election office. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that state law requires the offices to be open. “The offices of each election authority shall also be kept open for four hours on the Saturday...
The man Republican voters nominated for Missouri Secretary of State 12 years ago is making another run for the post. Shane Schoeller of Springfield, the former Speaker Pro-tem of the Missouri House, lost a close contest in 2012 to Democrat Jason Kander. Schoeller told...
A priority for one Republican Secretary of State contender is preventing noncitizens from voting in Missouri. Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, drew a hardline stance, saying that Missouri needs to do a better job preventing them from casting a ballot. Federal...
