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...
by admin | Oct 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
Missouri’s top state elections official says the state supreme court has done the right thing in throwing out the voter photo-ID law…But she is not against improving voter identification. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan says it just has to be done in a...
by admin | Oct 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
The sponsor of the voter photo-ID law that has been thrown out by the state supreme court still believes the reasons behind his bill are good—although the court says the position is without foundation. The sponsor of the bill, Senator Delbert Scott of Lowry...
