by Mike Lear | Feb 6, 2013 | News
The House Elections Committee has advanced a proposed law to require photo identification to vote. Opponents of the measure often ask why it would be necessary, saying no instances of voter fraud at the polls has been recorded in Missouri. Its sponsor, Representative...
by Mike Lear | Jan 30, 2013 | News
The House Elections Committee has heard more than two hours of testimony against legislation to require Missouri voters to show photo identification at the polls. The bill, House Bill 48, is accompanied by a proposed constitutional change, HJR5 that would allow the...
by Mike Lear | Feb 6, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
Majority Floor Leader Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says he will bring legislation requiring photo identification for voters up for perfection again this week in the Missouri House of Representatives. The bill was debated for less than a half-an-hour on Wednesday. Its sponsor,...
by admin | Jan 11, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Backers of the voter photo-ID bill passed by the legislature last year and thrown out by the courts say they’ll have a new proposal this year. The state supreme court threw out last year’s law because it put an undue burden on voters who had to round up...
by admin | Nov 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
Voters might be mixed up about terms for the provisional ballot. That’s because the overturned photo I-D law tried to change it. Under the law, the provisional ballot was tied to voter identification. Voters without the proper form of photo I.D. could cast a...
