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Secretary of State candidates split on top issue facing the office

October 29, 2012 By Mike Lear

After two terms for Robin Carnahan, Missouri will have a new Secretary of State in 2013. The two major party candidates for that office disagree on the most important issue in the race.

Republican Shane Schoeller says it’s taking away opportunities for voter fraud, “That we do more to protect the integrity of the elections. That’s why I’ve been a strong proponent of getting photo ID passed as the primary source of identification when you show up to vote on election day, which my opponent (Jason) Kander has called ‘extreme’ and ‘unfair.'”

Democrat Jason Kander does say the proposals that have come up in Missouri were extreme and unfair, and he points out approaches taken in other states that he supports.

“If you look at Idaho, for instance … no one would call it a liberal stronghold, and it has come up with a sensible and strong voter ID law that doesn’t disenfranchise a single eligible voter. In Idaho, if an eligible voter goes to cast a ballot on election day and doesn’t have photo identification, the voter can sign a sworn affidavit and then cast a ballot like everyone else, not a provisional ballot … which are rarely counted. If voters aren’t who they say they are, they’ll be put in jail. That seems like a strong deterrent to me.”

Schoeller says he proposed a bill that included the affidavit language that Kander voted against. Kander says the difference between it and the Idaho measure is that Schoeller’s proposal would have given individuals in that situation a provisional ballot, but Schoeller says the ballot would be counted unless it is proven the person casting it is not a legitimate voter.

Kander says the most important issue facing the Secretary of State, and all elected officials, is finding ways to spur job creation. He says his approach would begin with the office’s business services division.

“What I will do is make sure that the folks who work in the business services division also take a real, proactive role in connecting and building relationships with organizations throughout the state … many of which are nonprofit organizations … who exist to help new entrepreneurs avoid some of the common pitfalls that people run into when they first start a business.” Kander adds, “If we develop those relationships through the business services division, then we can make sure to connect people with these organizations that many times they don’t even know are there in their community.”

Schoeller says he, too, has plans in mind for that division to help foster job creation.

“Right now, there’s a little less than 60 different classifications that you have to figure out how to register a business under when you register a business in the state of Missouri. In our neighboring state of Kansas they have less than ten classifications.” Schoeller says he would work to reduce the number of classifications used in Missouri.

Schoeller says another area important to businesses relates to when rules are passed either through the legislative process or by voters. “All too often, regulators sometimes write beyond the intent of legislation and they, for example, write into the rule making process their own ideas. I think it’s important that if you’re in the office of the Secretary of State that … you’re protecting people who are business owners and Missourians across the state from any unnecessary regulations.”

Schoeller accuses Secretary Carnahan of allowing such regulations to go forward, and says he will hold regulators accountable.

Voters go to the polls a week from tomorrow.

Filed Under: Business, Elections, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Jason Kander, Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State

Hearing today on halt to health insurance exchange ballot language

August 17, 2012 By Mike Lear

A hearing takes place today in the lawsuit against the Secretary of State, over the ballot language written for an issue that would bar state officials from creating a state health insurance exchange without legislative or voter approval.  Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green will hear the arguments.

Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan

Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder filed that suit, saying that ballot language is biased. “Tomorrow we’re going for a temporary restraining order asking the court to restrain the Secretary of State from moving forward with the ballot language. That’s a preliminary measure to stop further progress on that issue so that we can get to the merits of the issue (in the next hearing.)”

The hearing is also over consideration of a temporary injunction. Kinder says, “We’re holding our pants up with belt and suspenders both.”

Kinder says he hopes a decision will be made soon in the case. “We need it quickly because of the need to print military ballots … absentees and get them out.”

The Republican-led legislature voted this year to put that issue to voters.

A summary judgement hearing in the case is scheduled for August 28.

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Elections, Legislature, Politics / Govt Tagged With: 2012 General Election, health insurance exchange, Peter Kinder, Robin Carnahan

Health care reform expected to be major focus of 2010 Missouri Senate race

August 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

The election to succeed outgoing U.S. Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond is more than 14 months away, but battle lines are being drawn and the issues that promise to be so much a part of that campaign are taking shape. Two of the contenders – Republican Congressman Roy Blunt and Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan – have been out greeting people and shaking hands, and did so during the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.

U.S. Senate Candidate Roy Blunt Blunt wants this campaign to focus on the important issues facing Missourians, including health care reform and cap and trade legislation.

"I think this can be and should be a race about issues," said Blunt in an interview with the Missourinet. "Clearly, there are big differences on these issues – not only between (U.S. House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, (President) Barack Obama and I, but also between Robin Carnahan and I. And I look forward to chances to actually talk with her and be at the same place she is talking about these issues."

Carnahan sees the campaign dealing with a number of issues aimed at making Missourians feel they are being well represented in the Nation’s Capital.

U.S. Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan "We’re just going to be talking about how, in Washington, we need folks that are looking out for us, not the special interests," Carnahan told the Missourinet. "I think everybody who watches what’s going in D.C., right now, feels the way I do, and that is that Washington seems to have been taken over by the lobbyists and the special interests."

Carnahan is a big believer in health care reform.

"We’ve been acting like we’ve got our head in the sand for the last ten years on this issue that is really affecting people’s lives. It affects small businesses. The costs are outrageous for the government. So, we’ve got to have some kind of reform that keeps the insurance companies honest, that gets prices of insurance down, and gets folks who need coverage – coverage."

Blunt points out there are several health care reform proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with greater government involvement a key component of all proposals.

"They’re talking about a two-trillion dollar solution, that we couldn’t afford if it was the best idea in the world," said Blunt. "It turns out it’s not a good idea and the cost is absolutely unbelievable and doesn’t meet any kind of a standard."

Carnahan is the only announced Democrat in the race to succeed Bond. Blunt has a primary opponent in State Senator Chuck Purgason of Caulfield.

Download/Listen: Steve Walsh report (:60 MP3)

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Elections, Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt

New law mandates renewal of fictitious names with Secretary of State

August 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Business owners in Missouri are faced with a new registration deadline due to a change in state law.

If you run a business in Missouri with a fictitious name, like John’s Pizza Shop or Jane’s Clip ‘n Sip, and you registered with the Secretary of State’s Office before Aug. 28, 2004, you’re going to need to reregister by Aug. 28, 2009.

Though the registry goes back to the early 1900s, Carnahan says even fictitious names filed more recently may be unused. The Small Business Administration estimates only 31 percent of new businesses survive more than seven years. Right now, some of those names were registered that long ago but are still off limits to new business owners. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan says a new law will clear many of them out.

Carnahan says fictitious names can be registered any time of the year, but that registration will expire five years from that date.

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan says her office has more than half a million fictitious names in its database. Until now, business owners had to register only once and then forget about it.

The registration fee is $7 and can be done online.

"We are working hard to inform Missourians about this new requirement," Carnahan says. "I encourage any individual or business using a fictitious name that was filed on or before August 28, 2004 to complete this filing before the August 28, 2009 deadlines I also recommend they save time by filing online. Since taking office, online business filings have directly saved Missouri business owners over $10 million dollars and taxpayers millions more."

Carnahan says the new renewal requirement will help streamline government services and improve the quality of information available through the Secretary of State’s office.

If a business fails to file its renewal on time, their registration will expire making them unable to legally do business in Missouri. However, their fictitious name may be reregistered at anytime without a penalty.

To look up your expiration date, visit www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/csearch.asp .

To renew online, visit the link above and click on "renew": www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntitiesOnline/Help/MO/NoticeFictitious.aspx?dtm=368287037037037 in the left column.

To download the registration form: www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/forms.asp

Organizations and businesses without access to the Internet can call the Corporations Division at (866) 223-6535 to request a paper copy of the form. Questions related to fictitious name registrations should be directed to the Corporations Division of the Secretary of State’s office.


Jessica Machetta reports [Download/listen MP3]

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Robin Carnahan

MOGOP files ethics complaints against Robin Carnahan

June 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

The Missouri Republican Party is going after Secretary of State and U.S. Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan (D-MO). It’s filed an ethics complaint, against Carnahan, with both the Missouri Ethics Commission and the Select Committee on Ethics for the United States Senate.

Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith says it appears as though there has been an omission:

"The evidence is that Mrs. Carnahan has not registered the business of her spouse, Juan Carlos Antolinez," said Smith in a conference call with reporters. "And that is a violation both of Missouri Ethics rules as well as the Senate Ethics rules in Washington, D.C."

In an e-mail statement, Carnahan Campaign Spokesman Tony Wyche responded to the GOP claim:

In 2006, Robin’s husband reserved a name with the State, thinking that he might want to create a business at some point in the future. He never formed a business, however. Consequently, there was no income to file on a disclosure report.

This ham-handed effort at a political smear is a perfect example of the type of silly, unfounded, partisan, and untrue political attack that voters are tired of.

Robin Carnahan is running for the U.S. Senate because Missouri families are looking for positive leadership that will work to get the economy moving again, provide quality, affordable health care, and keep our people safe.

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: ethics reform, Republican Party, Robin Carnahan

Post-Civil War legal documents restored

May 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ten years of painstaking work pays off with a rare glimpse into the legal mess left in Missouri once the Civil War ended.

More than 11,200 court cases filed in St. Louis Circuit Court between 1866 and 1868 have been rescued, cleaned and restored thanks to a $330,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan says the court cases run the gamut; from claims for freedom filed by slaves, to property lawsuits asking for reparations for damage done by soldiers. Carnahan noted one lawsuit in which a store owner in Iron County sought to recover losses from a Civil War raid.

"So, he turned around and filed a lawsuit against 56 people, a lot of well-known folks, including former Governor Marmaduke for claims of the loss," Carnahan said.

Documents will be available at the old St. Louis Globe-Democrat building at 710 N. Tucker Boulevard, Room 213.

"Part of what we’re doing here is the first step which is preserving documents, getting them cataloged so you can find them again, but then getting them online so anybody can take a look at them," Carnahan explained. "We’re trying to do all this in advance of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War that comes up in 2011."

The documents will be added to the thousands already on the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative portion of the Secretary of State’s Web site, which has become an extremely popular Web site.

Download/listen Brent Martin reports (1:15 MP3)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State, St. Louis

Robin Carnahan announces U.S. Senate bid

February 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Robin and Jean Carnahan Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D-MO) has ended the speculation, announcing she is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by outgoing Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO). The announcement, in a YouTube video , features Carnahan saying she wants to do away with the partisan bickering that exists in Washington.

The video, which lasts just under two minutes, aslo has Carnahan talking up her accomplishments as Secretary of State, saying she has helped small businesses by cutting millions of dollars in costs and red tape. She adds she has cracked down on big financial institutions and small time scam artists. She also talks about her effort to ensure every eligible Missourian has the right to vote.

Carnahan makes it clear this will be a tough campaign, saying, "I know launching a campaign like this is no small task. As some of you know I still manage my family’s cattle farm outside Rolla. So, I’m not afraid to roll up my sleeves and work hard."

Bond, who is in his fourth term in the U.S. Senate, recently announced he would not run for another term in 2010. [ Mo. Sec. of State Robin Carnahan (L) shown hugging her mother former U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan- UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt/FILES ]

Downlolad/Listen: Robin Carnahan’s announcement (2:00 MP3)

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Robin Carnahan

Cease and desist order issued against Lee’s Summit investor

January 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has issued a cease and desist order against a Lee’s Summit man she accuses of defrauding two sisters of more than one million dollars.

Carnahan accuses Mark Greenway of defrauding the sisters out of $1.3 million, spending the money on himself rather than investing it for the sisters. According to the Secretary of State, the sisters initially gave Greenway $630,000 of their inheritance. They gave him more over the next few years. The order alleges Greenway opened a joint checking/savings account in each of the sisters’ names as well as his own. It accuses Greenway of using the money to buy classic cars for himself, pay for personal household expenses and even take out certificates of deposit for both himself and his wife.

A spokesman for Carnahan, Laura Egerdal, says Greenway is not registered to sell securities in Missouri. An investigation by the Secretary of State’s office disclosed that Greenway was previously found by the Securities and Exchange Commission to have committed fraud which led the Federal District Court in Kansas City to enter a prior Order of Permanent Injunction against Greenway based on the SEC findings.

Greenway has 30 days to request a hearing on the charges.

For more information regarding investments and fraud protection, visit the Secretary of State’s online Missouri Investor Protection Center at or call the toll free Investor Protection Hotline at 1-800-721-7996.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State

Secretary of State’s office aims to ease concerns of voter fraud

October 20, 2008 By admin Leave a Comment

Ongoing allegations of voter fraud have some Missourians expressing concerns about Missouri voter rolls and whether they are fraud free. Laura Egerdal with the Secretary of State’s Office says the state is taking steps to fight voter fraud and attempts at illegal balloting thanks to a new statewide data base known as the Missouri Centralized Voter Registration (MCVR).

She points to recent cheating attempts in Kansas City and how the attempts were foiled by the new database, which led to the would-be cheaters being discovered.

Anyone who is registering to vote will automatically be entered in the data base. If the voter moves to a new location and reregisters, the information from his or her previous location will be stricken from the rolls. Any voter registration cards that contain questionable information will be flagged, with the voter contacted by local election authorities before the information is processed.

Download/Listen: Steve Walsh report (:60 MP3)

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State

Secretary of State Carnahan certifies August 5th primary election results

August 21, 2008 By admin Leave a Comment

Certification of election results Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D-MO) has certified the results of the August 5th Primary elections , and the final tally in the Democratic Attorney General race gives Chris Koster the win by 780 votes over Margaret Donnelly.

The difference between the two is less than a quarter-of-a percent, and Donnelly has indicated she will ask Carnahan for a recount, which Donnelly is entitled to under state law. Carnahan won’t venture a guess as to whether the outcome might be overturned.

The request for a recount from any candidates must be made to the Secretary’s Office within seven days of the certification date. Once the request is received, Carnahan will inform local election officials they must recount and resubmit the results – with the results back to the Secretary’s Office within 20 days of the recount request. Bipartisan teams will conduct the recounts at the local levels.

Download/Listen: Steve Walsh report (:60 MP3)

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Attorney General, Elections, Robin Carnahan

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