JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has approved election law changes that include requiring residents to show photo IDs before voting. The measure also would prohibit counting absentee ballots until all Election Day ballots are collected, and bars election law changes within six months of a presidential election. All but one Republican House…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A requirement that Missouri voters show photo identification at the polls is set to take effect. A little under two-thirds of voters during Tuesday’s election approved a constitutional amendment to allow for such a law. That means a photo-ID requirement passed by the Republican-led Legislature can be implemented. Voters after…
Missouri voters have approved amending the state Constitution to allow lawmakers to add voter-identification requirements at the ballot box. At issue were longstanding efforts by Republicans to require voters to show government-issued photo ID, ostensibly to prevent voter fraud. Democrats countered that such a requirement could disenfranchise thousands of voters who don’t have a driver’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to amend the state Constitution to allow lawmakers to add voter-identification requirements. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday he’s placing the proposal on the general election ballot. That ballot also will ask voters to pick the next president and Missouri governor. At issue are…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missourians will decide this fall whether to amend the state Constitution to allow lawmakers to tighten voter ID requirements. The House on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment 110-39, one day after the Senate passed it on a 24-8 party-line vote. The measure will bypass the governor and go on…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A proposal that’s key to Republican efforts to require people to show photo identification when voting has passed the Missouri Senate. Senators voted 24-8 along party lines Wednesday to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow for such a law. It needs another House vote. If passed, the measure would…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Legislature has passed a requirement for voters to show photo identification. The House voted 112-38 Wednesday to send the legislation to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. Under the measure, people without photo identification could cast a ballot after signing a statement saying they don’t have the required identification and…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal to stop Texas from enforcing its challenged voter ID law. The law has been in effect for recent elections, even after a trial judge struck it down in 2014 and an appellate panel found last year the law had a discriminatory effect on minority…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senate Democrats are stalling a Republican proposal to require a photo ID to vote in Missouri. Republicans tabled the legislation Monday after about two hours of debate but said they would bring it up again. A Democratic filibuster last week also halted debate on the bill. Democrats say requiring a photo…
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman’s comment to a Milwaukee TV station that Wisconsin’s newly enacted voter ID law will “make a little bit of a difference” in helping the GOP in November has sparked retorts on social media. WTMJ-TV reports that a link to a video of Grothman’s comment had been retweeted…